-чань
Pannonian Rusyn
Alternative forms
- -чан (-čan)
Etymology
Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn -чан (-čan), a result of rebracketing, cognate with Belarusian -чанін (-čanin), Russian -ча́нин (-čánin) and Ukrainian -ча́нин (-čányn). Final -ь (-ʹ) is due to influence from -ань (-anʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃaɲ]
- Rhymes: -aɲ
- Hyphenation: чань
Suffix
-чань (-čanʹ) m pers (female equivalent -чанка)
- (productive) Forms masculine personal nouns, typically demonyms
- Зомбор (Zombor, “Sombor”) + -чань (-čanʹ) → Зомборчань (Zomborčanʹ, “person from Sombor”)
Usage notes
- This form with the soft sign is marked as the lemma form in newer dictionaries. However, in the plural, the soft-sign-less form (i.e. -чанох (-čanox) over -чаньох (-čanʹox)) is more common in actual written work. Both forms nonetheless share the nominative plural -чанє (-čanje).
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -чань (-čanʹ) | -чанє (-čanje) |
| genitive | -чаня (-čanja) | -чаньох (-čanʹox) |
| dative | -чаньови (-čanʹovi) | -чаньом (-čanʹom) |
| accusative | -чаня (-čanja) | -чаньох (-čanʹox) |
| instrumental | -чаньом (-čanʹom) | -чанями (-čanjami) |
| locative | -чаньови (-čanʹovi) | -чаньох (-čanʹox) |
| vocative | -чань (-čanʹ) | -чанє (-čanje) |
Derived terms
Pannonian Rusyn terms suffixed with -чань
References
- Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “-ан, -ян и -чан”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 863