Ean

Lemma: ἐάν

conjunction (conditional particle) conjunction (conditional particle)

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Definition

A conditional particle meaning “if” (often with the subjunctive), used to introduce a future or general condition; also in the strengthened form “if ever / whenever.”

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E)A/N

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Grammatical Analysis

"Ean"

Type: subordinating

Form: ἐάν (usually written with smooth breathing and acute accent)

Function: introduces a conditional protasis ('if'); typically takes the subjunctive in the clause it introduces (general/future more vivid conditions)

Related Forms of ἐάν

3 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ἐὰν conjunction Εαν conjunction εαν conjunction

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