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