-анин

• -ча́нин (-čánin)

• а́нин: IPA^(key): [ˈanʲɪn]
• ани́н: IPA^(key): [ɐˈnʲin] (after hushing consonants)

-а́нин or -ани́н • (-ánin or -anín)

1. alternative form of -я́нин, -яни́н (-jánin, -janín)

• The corresponding feminine ends in -а́нка (-ánka).

• -јанин, -љанин

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-анин (Latin spelling -anin)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting an inhabitant.

• -я́нин (-jányn), -яни́н (-janýn)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-janinъ. Reanalyzed as -ан (-an) +‎ -ин (-yn).

• -а́нин: IPA^(key): [ ˈanen]
• -ани́н: IPA^(key): [ ɐˈnɪn]

-анин • (-anyn) m pers (plural -а́ни, feminine -а́нка, variant -ча́нин or -анець)

1. Suffix used to form nouns from other nouns, usually referring to inhabitants of a given place or occupations.

   ‎Донецьк (Donecʹk, “Donetsk”) + ‎-анин (-anyn) → ‎донеччанин (doneččanyn, “native, inhabitant of, or related to Donetsk”)

   ‎каторга (katorha, “hard labour place”) + ‎-анин (-anyn) → ‎каторжанин (katoržanyn, “sentenced to hard labour”)

   ‎город (horod, “city, citadel”) + ‎-анин (-anyn) → ‎горожанин (horožanyn, “townsman, urbanite”)

2. alternative form of -я́нин, -яни́н (-jányn, -janýn)

• The corresponding feminine ends in -анка (-anka).