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-een

-een suffix: used to form the diminutives of nouns in Hiberno-English.

Suffix

-een

  1. (Ireland) Used to form the diminutives of nouns in Hiberno-English.
    • man + -een → maneen (“little man”)
  2. (Ireland) Used to anglicise the Irish -ín suffix when anglicising Irish nouns.
    • poitín → poteen

Origin of -een

Borrowed from Irish -ín (diminutive suffix).

Questions about -een

What does -een mean?
-een means used to form the diminutives of nouns in Hiberno-English.
What part of speech is -een?
-een is a suffix.

Words near -een in the dictionary

  1. -ectomy
  2. -ed
  3. -edema
  4. -edst
  5. -ee
  6. -een
  7. -eer
  8. -ees
  9. -eezy
  10. -eh
  11. -eil

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