jaan
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Jaan (“John”). June 24th, the day of the celebration, was designated as a feast day for St. John the Baptist by the Christian church.
Noun
jaan (genitive jaani, partitive jaani)
- Midsummer Day
- Synonym: jaanipäev
Inflection
| Declension of jaan (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jaan | jaanid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | jaani | ||
| genitive | jaanide | ||
| partitive | jaani | jaane jaanisid | |
| illative | jaani jaanisse |
jaanidesse jaanesse | |
| inessive | jaanis | jaanides jaanes | |
| elative | jaanist | jaanidest jaanest | |
| allative | jaanile | jaanidele jaanele | |
| adessive | jaanil | jaanidel jaanel | |
| ablative | jaanilt | jaanidelt jaanelt | |
| translative | jaaniks | jaanideks jaaneks | |
| terminative | jaanini | jaanideni | |
| essive | jaanina | jaanidena | |
| abessive | jaanita | jaanideta | |
| comitative | jaaniga | jaanidega | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Ingrian: Jaani
Etymology 2
Noun
jaan (genitive jaani, partitive jaani)
Inflection
| Declension of jaan (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jaan | jaanid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | jaani | ||
| genitive | jaanide | ||
| partitive | jaani | jaane jaanisid | |
| illative | jaani jaanisse |
jaanidesse jaanesse | |
| inessive | jaanis | jaanides jaanes | |
| elative | jaanist | jaanidest jaanest | |
| allative | jaanile | jaanidele jaanele | |
| adessive | jaanil | jaanidel jaanel | |
| ablative | jaanilt | jaanidelt jaanelt | |
| translative | jaaniks | jaanideks jaaneks | |
| terminative | jaanini | jaanideni | |
| essive | jaanina | jaanidena | |
| abessive | jaanita | jaanideta | |
| comitative | jaaniga | jaanidega | |
Further reading
Finnish
Verb
jaan
- first-person singular present indicative of jakaa
Anagrams
North Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Frisian ān, ēn
Numeral
jaan
West Frisian
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Frisian jeva, from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaːn/
- (Schiermonnikoog, Terschelling) IPA(key): [jaːn]
- (Hindeloopen) IPA(key): [jɔˑə̯n]
- Rhymes: -aːn
- Hyphenation: jaan
Verb
jaan
- (transitive) to give, to hand, to pass
- (transitive, in card games) to distribute
- (transitive) to bestow, to gift (without seeking retaliation)
- (transitive) to deliver, to provide
- Synonyms: ferskaffe, leverje, skaffe
- (transitive) to bring forth, to bear fruits
- Synonyms: fruchtdrage, fuortbringe, opleverje
- (transitive) to exchange
- (transitive) to help (to provide a solution)
- (reflexive) to go, to move
Inflection
| Irregular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | jaan | |||
| 3rd singular past | joech | |||
| past participle | jûn | |||
| infinitive | jaan | |||
| long infinitive | jaan | |||
| gerund | jaan n | |||
| auxiliary | hawwe | |||
| indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st singular | jou | joech | ||
| 2nd singular | joust | joechst | ||
| clitic form | jousto | joechsto | ||
| 3rd singular | jout | joech | ||
| plural | jouwe | joegen | ||
| imperative | jou | |||
| participles | jaand, jaande | jûn | ||
References
Wolof
Noun
jaan