"-а" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [Belarusian]

IPA: [a] Forms: -a [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьje. Variant used after non-palatalizable consonants. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|be|sla-pro|*-ьje|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *-ьje, {{inh+|be|sla-pro|*-ьje}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьje Head templates: {{head|be|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -а • (-a)
  1. Alternative form of -е (-je); used after ш, ч, ж formed as a result of the Slavic first palatalization, as well as sometimes after р. Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: (extra: (-je); used after ш, ч, ж formed as a result of the Slavic first palatalization, as well as sometimes after р) Synonyms: (-je)
    Sense id: en--а-be-suffix-PuBwZUbp Categories (other): Belarusian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Belarusian entries with incorrect language header: 79 16 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -a — Łacinka [Belarusian, Latin]
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [Belarusian]

IPA: [a], [ˈa] Forms: -a [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-a, from Proto-Indo-European *-ōd, the thematic ablative ending. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|be|sla-pro|*-a|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *-a, {{inh+|be|sla-pro|*-a}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-a, {{inh|be|ine-pro|*-ōd}} Proto-Indo-European *-ōd Head templates: {{head|be|suffix}} -а • (-a)
  1. Forms the genitive singular of most masculine and neuter nouns. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-be-suffix-Iom49-bd
  2. Forms the count form of some nouns. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-be-suffix-3Ge~IiB6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -a — Łacinka [Belarusian, Latin], -я — used for nouns ending in -ь (-ja)
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [Chuvash]

Forms: -a [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|cv|suffix|front vowel variant|-е}} -а • (-a) (front vowel variant -е)
  1. Forms agent nouns: -er, -or Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-cv-suffix-oXgV5RPx Categories (other): Chuvash entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chuvash entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 4 3 26
  2. Forms instrument nouns by means of which the action is performed Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-cv-suffix-y3oJydbt Categories (other): Chuvash entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chuvash entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 4 3 26
  3. Forms resultative nouns Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-cv-suffix-RubPMWLs
  4. Forms nouns of location Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-cv-suffix-MbSjTn76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [Chuvash]

Forms: -a [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|cv|suffix|front vowel variant|-е}} -а • (-a) (front vowel variant -е)
  1. (non-productive) Forms diminutives Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-cv-suffix-TEMR9sew Categories (other): Chuvash entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chuvash entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 4 3 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [Komi-Zyrian]

IPA: /-a/, [-ä] Forms: -a [alternative], [soft, stem, variant]
Head templates: {{head|kpv|suffix|soft stem variant|-я}} -а • (-a) (soft stem variant -я)
  1. Used to form nouns describing the quality of an adjective; -ness Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-kpv-suffix-IoMuCKiQ Categories (other): Komi-Zyrian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Komi-Zyrian entries with incorrect language header: 48 9 43
  2. Used to form adjectives having a characteristic of a noun; -like, -ly Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-kpv-suffix-yHDDs1cW
  3. Used to form postpositions measuring the preceding noun in the quality of an adjective; as ... as Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-kpv-suffix-aF9oDJmm Categories (other): Komi-Zyrian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Komi-Zyrian entries with incorrect language header: 48 9 43

Suffix [Russian]

IPA: [ə] Forms: -a [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|ru|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=diminutive suffixes}} -а • (-a)
  1. Noun-forming suffix used to form diminutives of proper names; used after a hard (unpalatalized) consonant. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: (-ja) (english: used after a soft consonant)
    Sense id: en--а-ru-suffix-ngPI8tHK Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian nouns with accent pattern a, Russian terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 40 30 30 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 27 36 37 Disambiguation of Russian terms in nonstandard scripts: 37 33 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [Russian]

IPA: [ə]
Etymology: From early Proto-Slavic *-ja. Etymology templates: {{inh|ru|sla-pro|*-ja}} Proto-Slavic *-ja Head templates: {{head|ru|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -а • (-a) Forms: -a [alternative], no-table-tags [table-tags], [nominative, singular], [nominative, plural], -i [nominative, plural], [genitive, singular], -i [genitive, singular], no suffix [genitive, plural], [dative, singular], -ам [dative, plural], [accusative, singular], [accusative, plural], -i [accusative, plural], -ей [instrumental, singular], -ею [instrumental, singular], -ами [instrumental, plural], [prepositional, singular], -ах [plural, prepositional]
  1. Noun-forming suffix used to form abstract nouns and agent nouns from prefixed stems ending in a consonant that becomes a hushing consonant (ш ж ч щ) when iotated. The final consonant of the stem is iotated before this suffix. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -а — non-iotating (-a)
    Sense id: en--а-ru-suffix--NTRaimp Categories (other): Russian nouns with accent pattern a, Russian terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 27 36 37 Disambiguation of Russian terms in nonstandard scripts: 37 33 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [Russian]

IPA: [ə]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-a. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|sla-pro|*-a|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *-a, {{inh+|ru|sla-pro|*-a}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-a Head templates: {{head|ru|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -а • (-a) Forms: -a [alternative], no-table-tags [table-tags], [nominative, singular], [nominative, plural], [genitive, singular], no suffix [genitive, plural], [dative, singular], -ам [dative, plural], [accusative, singular], [accusative, plural], -ой [instrumental, singular], -ою [instrumental, singular], -ами [instrumental, plural], [prepositional, singular], -ах [plural, prepositional]
  1. Noun-forming suffix used to form abstract nouns and agent nouns from prefixed stems. The final consonant of the stem is not iotated before this suffix. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -а — iotating (-a)
    Sense id: en--а-ru-suffix-9mWPrfc7 Categories (other): Russian nouns with accent pattern a, Russian terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 27 36 37 Disambiguation of Russian terms in nonstandard scripts: 37 33 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix [Serbo-Croatian]

Forms: -a [romanization]
Head templates: {{sh-suffix}} -а (Latin spelling -a)
  1. Suffix appended to words (usually verbal stems) to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a relation or to form a proper noun. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-sh-suffix-f82pD-H6 Categories (other): Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [Serbo-Croatian]

Forms: -a [romanization]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-a, from Proto-Indo-European *-ōd, the thematic ablative ending. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sh|sla-pro|*-a|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *-a, {{inh+|sh|sla-pro|*-a}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-a, {{inh|sh|ine-pro|*-ōd}} Proto-Indo-European *-ōd Head templates: {{sh-suffix}} -а (Latin spelling -a)
  1. Forms the genitive singular of masculine and neuter nouns and indefinite adjectives. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-sh-suffix-xeZUDbm2 Categories (other): Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [Ukrainian]

Forms: -a [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Old Ruthenian -а (-a), from Old East Slavic -а (-a), from Proto-Slavic *-a. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|uk|zle-ort|-а|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Ruthenian -а (-a), {{inh+|uk|zle-ort|-а}} Inherited from Old Ruthenian -а (-a), {{inh|uk|orv|-а}} Old East Slavic -а (-a), {{inh|uk|sla-pro|*-a}} Proto-Slavic *-a Head templates: {{head|uk|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -а • (-a)
  1. used to form feminine deverbal nouns denoting a result, process or an abstract concept Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-uk-suffix-BayCCMID
  2. used to form gender neutral nouns denoting a person characterized by the root word Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-uk-suffix-3Wkn3UAR Categories (other): Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header: 20 52 21 3 3
  3. used to form feminine counterparts of masculine nouns Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--а-uk-suffix-8tdt2An~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [Ukrainian]

Forms: -a [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Old Ruthenian -а (-a), from Old East Slavic -а (-a), from Proto-Slavic *-ja. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|uk|zle-ort|-а|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Ruthenian -а (-a), {{inh+|uk|zle-ort|-а}} Inherited from Old Ruthenian -а (-a), {{inh|uk|orv|-а}} Old East Slavic -а (-a), {{inh|uk|sla-pro|*-ja}} Proto-Slavic *-ja Head templates: {{head|uk|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -а • (-a)
  1. Alternative form of -я (-ja) used after ч ж ш щ Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: (extra: (-ja) used after ч ж ш щ)
    Sense id: en--а-uk-suffix-lmBjSKQc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -я — after consonants other than ч ж ш щ (-ja)
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [Ukrainian]

Forms: -a [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Old Ruthenian -а (-a), from Old East Slavic -а (-a), from Proto-Slavic *-ę. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|uk|zle-ort|-а|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Ruthenian -а (-a), {{inh+|uk|zle-ort|-а}} Inherited from Old Ruthenian -а (-a), {{inh|uk|orv|-а}} Old East Slavic -а (-a), {{inh|uk|sla-pro|*-ę}} Proto-Slavic *-ę Head templates: {{head|uk|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -а • (-a)
  1. Alternative form of -я (-ja) used after ч ж ш щ Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: (extra: (-ja) used after ч ж ш щ)
    Sense id: en--а-uk-suffix-lmBjSKQc1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -я — after consonants other than ч ж ш щ (-ja)
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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        },
        {
          "text": "за- (za-) + ці́хі (cíxi, “quiet, still”) + -а (-a) → заці́шша (zacíšša, “lull, calm”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "без- (bjez-, “without”) + даро́га (daróha, “path”) + -а (-a) → бездаро́жжа (bjezdaróžža, “impassibility”)"
        },
        {
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          "text": "крыло́ (kryló, “wing”) + -а (-a) → крыла́ (krylá, “of a/the wing, a/the wing's”)"
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          "text": "пӑр (păr, “to turn”) + -а (-a) → пӑра (păra, “drill”)"
        }
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          "text": "вит (vit, “to cover”) + -а (-a) → вите (vit̬e, “stable”)"
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        {
          "text": "ҫарат (śarat, “to clear”) + -а (-a) → ҫарата (śarat̬a, “meadow”)"
        }
      ],
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        "Forms nouns of location"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "ҫӳҫ (śüś, “hair”) + -а (-a) → ҫӳҫе (śüś̬e, “fringe”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "мӑй (măj, “neck”) + -а (-a) → мӑя (măja, “necklace”)"
        }
      ],
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        "(non-productive) Forms diminutives"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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    {
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        [
          "-like",
          "-like"
        ],
        [
          "-ly",
          "-ly"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "48 9 43",
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          "name": "Komi-Zyrian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "Used to form postpositions measuring the preceding noun in the quality of an adjective; as ... as"
      ],
      "id": "en--а-kpv-suffix-aF9oDJmm",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/-a/"
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      "ipa": "[-ä]"
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    {
      "form": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "sibilant-stem",
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    {
      "form": "-и",
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        "nominative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "-и",
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        "genitive",
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      "form": "-i",
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        "accusative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "-ей",
      "roman": "-ej",
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        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ею",
      "roman": "-eju",
      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "-ами",
      "roman": "-ami",
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    },
    {
      "form": "-е",
      "roman": "-e",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-ах",
      "roman": "-ax",
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        "plural",
        "prepositional"
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  ],
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        {
          "text": "пропа́д- (propád-, “to disappear”) + -а (-a) → пропа́жа (propáža, “disappearance, loss”)"
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        {
          "text": "пред- (pred-, “before”) + тек- (tek-, “to flow”) + -а (-a) → предте́ча (predtéča, “forerunner, precursor”)"
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        {
          "text": "переда́т- (peredát-, “to broadcast”) + -а (-a) → переда́ча (peredáča, “broadcast”)"
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        [
          "ш",
          "ш#Russian"
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        [
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        ],
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          "ч",
          "ч#Russian"
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        [
          "щ",
          "щ#Russian"
        ],
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          "iotated",
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      "ipa": "[ə]"
    }
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      "form": "accent-a",
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    {
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      "form": "-ы",
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    {
      "form": "-ы",
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    },
    {
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "-ою",
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    {
      "form": "-ами",
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    {
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    {
      "form": "-ах",
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          "text": "сплати́ти pf (splatýty, “to pay”) + -а (-a) → спла́та f (spláta, “pay, payment”)"
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        "used to form feminine deverbal nouns denoting a result, process or an abstract concept"
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      "id": "en--а-uk-suffix-BayCCMID",
      "links": [
        [
          "deverbal",
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        "morpheme"
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        },
        {
          "text": "при- (pry-) + ве́ред m (véred, “whim, caprice”) + -а (-a) → привере́да gender-neutral (pryveréda, “a picky/capricious person”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "нікче́м(ний) (nikčém(nyj), “good-for-nothing, worthless, insignificant”) + -а (-a) → нікче́ма gender-neutral (nikčéma, “good-for-nothing, looser, zero, nonentity, crumb”)"
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      ],
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        },
        {
          "text": "по- (po-) + друг m (druh, “male friend”) + -а (-a) → по́друга f (pódruha, “female friend”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "раб m (rab, “male slave”) + -а (-a) → раба́ f (rabá, “female slave”)"
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        },
        {
          "text": "ведмі́дь m (vedmídʹ, “bear”) + -я (-ja) → ведмежа́ n (vedmežá, “bear cub”)"
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    "Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
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          "text": "па- (pa-, “across, along”) + грані́ца (hraníca, “border”) + -а (-a) → паграні́чча (pahraníčča, “region along the border”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "за- (za-) + ці́хі (cíxi, “quiet, still”) + -а (-a) → заці́шша (zacíšša, “lull, calm”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "без- (bjez-, “without”) + даро́га (daróha, “path”) + -а (-a) → бездаро́жжа (bjezdaróžža, “impassibility”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "па- (pa-) + ве́цер (vjécjer, “wind”) + -а (-a) → паве́тра (pavjétra, “air”)"
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    "Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Belarusian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Belarusian terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      "form": "-a",
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        {
          "text": "крыло́ (kryló, “wing”) + -а (-a) → крыла́ (krylá, “of a/the wing, a/the wing's”)"
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      ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
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    "Chuvash lemmas",
    "Chuvash suffixes"
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          "text": "пӑх (păh, “to look”) + -а (-a) → пӑха (păh̬a, “supervisor”)"
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        [
          "-or",
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      ],
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "пӑр (păr, “to turn”) + -а (-a) → пӑра (păra, “drill”)"
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      ],
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        "Forms instrument nouns by means of which the action is performed"
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "вит (vit, “to cover”) + -а (-a) → вите (vit̬e, “stable”)"
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      ],
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        "Forms resultative nouns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ҫарат (śarat, “to clear”) + -а (-a) → ҫарата (śarat̬a, “meadow”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns of location"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-а"
}

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          "text": "ҫӳҫ (śüś, “hair”) + -а (-a) → ҫӳҫе (śüś̬e, “fringe”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "мӑй (măj, “neck”) + -а (-a) → мӑя (măja, “necklace”)"
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      ],
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        "Forms diminutives"
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          "diminutives",
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        "morpheme"
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  ],
  "word": "-а"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "Komi-Zyrian lemmas",
    "Komi-Zyrian suffixes",
    "Komi-Zyrian terms with IPA pronunciation"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    {
      "form": "-я",
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        "stem",
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  ],
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    {
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        [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "-like",
          "-like"
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        [
          "-ly",
          "-ly"
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        "morpheme"
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    {
      "glosses": [
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        "morpheme"
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    {
      "ipa": "[-ä]"
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    "Russian lemmas",
    "Russian noun-forming suffixes",
    "Russian nouns with accent pattern a",
    "Russian suffixes",
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    "Russian terms in nonstandard scripts",
    "Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation"
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        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*-ja"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *-ja",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Ruthenian -а (-a), from Old East Slavic -а (-a), from Proto-Slavic *-ja.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-а • (-a)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(-ja) used after ч ж ш щ",
          "word": "-я"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "зада́ти pf (zadáty, “to assign, to raise (question)”) + -я (-ja) → зада́ча f (zadáča, “task, problem”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "огороди́ти pf (ohorodýty, “to fence in, to enclose”) + -я (-ja) → огоро́жа f (ohoróža, “fence”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "пло́ский (plóskyj, “flat”) + -я (-ja) → пло́ща f (plóšča, “square”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "ти́хий (týxyj, “quiet, silent”) + -я (-ja) → ти́ша f (týša, “silence, quietness”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "утекти́ pf (utektý, “to flee, to escape”) + -я (-ja) → уте́ча f (utéča, “flight, run”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -я (-ja) used after ч ж ш щ"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-я",
          "-я#Ukrainian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "-ja",
      "word": "-я — after consonants other than ч ж ш щ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-а"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ukrainian lemmas",
    "Ukrainian noun-forming suffixes",
    "Ukrainian suffixes",
    "Ukrainian terms derived from Old East Slavic",
    "Ukrainian terms derived from Old Ruthenian",
    "Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Ukrainian terms inherited from Old East Slavic",
    "Ukrainian terms inherited from Old Ruthenian",
    "Ukrainian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "zle-ort",
        "3": "-а",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old Ruthenian -а (-a)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "zle-ort",
        "3": "-а"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old Ruthenian -а (-a)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "orv",
        "3": "-а"
      },
      "expansion": "Old East Slavic -а (-a)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*-ę"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *-ę",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Ruthenian -а (-a), from Old East Slavic -а (-a), from Proto-Slavic *-ę.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-а • (-a)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(-ja) used after ч ж ш щ",
          "word": "-я"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ку́рка f (kúrka, “chicken”) + -я (-ja) → курча́ n (kurčá, “chick”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "верблю́д m (verbljúd, “camel”) + -я (-ja) → верблюжа́ n (verbljužá, “camel calf”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "ведмі́дь m (vedmídʹ, “bear”) + -я (-ja) → ведмежа́ n (vedmežá, “bear cub”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of -я (-ja) used after ч ж ш щ"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-я",
          "-я#Ukrainian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "-ja",
      "word": "-я — after consonants other than ч ж ш щ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-а"
}

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