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