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aranès

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[aɾaˈnes]

1. adjective Aranese (related to the Aran valley or the Aranese people).

2. masculine noun Aranese (person from the Aran valley).

3. masculine noun Aranese (language of the Aran valley, a dialect of Occitan).

Etymology: From Arã plus derivative suffix -ès.

aragonès

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[aɾagoˈnes]

1. adjective Aragonese (related to Aragon or the Aragonese people).

2. masculine noun Aragonese (person from Aragon).

3. masculine noun Aragonese (language of Aragon).

Etymology: From Aragõ plus derivative suffix -ès.

-ã

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[a]

1. derivative suffix Added to a noun, it derives a new noun or a new adjective. It means procedence, relationship, membership, etc. Example: cità (noun), city, citatã (noun), citizen; megg (noun), middle, meggã (adjective), medium-size.

Etymology: From Latin -anus.

-a

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[a]

1. derivative suffix Added to a masculine singular noun or adjective, it changes the gender to feminine. In case the noun or adjective finished in the vowel -e, it has to be removed before adding the -a. Example: dret (3), right (masculine), dreta, right (feminine); cjude, boy, cjuda, girl.

Etymology: From Latin -a.