See -a- on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for -a- meaning in All languages combined (21.0kB)
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "of"
},
"expansion": "of",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "a"
},
"expansion": "a",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "half-a-crown"
},
"expansion": "half-a-crown",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "of"
},
"expansion": "of",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Jak"
},
"expansion": "Middle English Jak",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "of"
},
"expansion": "of",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Naples"
},
"expansion": "Naples",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ragamuffin"
},
"expansion": "ragamuffin",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "jackanape"
},
"expansion": "jackanape",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "jackanapes",
"3": "s"
},
"expansion": "s",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "all-a-gog"
},
"expansion": "all-a-gog",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cock-a-leekie"
},
"expansion": "cock-a-leekie",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From of a (as in half-a-crown) or of (as in jack-a-napes from Middle English Jak of Naples). Some terms have fully incorporated the use, as ragamuffin and jackanape(s); others arise from mistaken assimilation to the form, as all-a-gog and cock-a-leekie.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English interfixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "cock-a-hoop"
},
{
"word": "cock-a-leekie"
},
{
"word": "half-a-crown"
},
{
"word": "jack-a-dandy"
},
{
"word": "jack-a-lantern"
},
{
"word": "Jack-a-Lent"
},
{
"word": "jack-a-napes"
},
{
"word": "jackanape"
},
{
"word": "John-a-dreams"
},
{
"word": "ragamuffin"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Connective interfix used in forming compounds, often no longer carrying a distinct meaning."
],
"id": "en--a--en-interfix-EUv5ygCi",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "o'"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "a"
},
"expansion": "a",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "and"
},
"expansion": "and",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Middle English",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier a (attested by the 14th c.), as a contraction of and and its various Middle English forms.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "conjunction"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1746, Exmoor Scolding, 3rd edition, section 81",
"text": "Chem a laced well-a-fine aread",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"And"
],
"id": "en--a--en-conj-D2dRS5Ad",
"links": [
[
"And",
"and"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "an'"
},
{
"word": "n'"
}
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "à",
"4": "",
"5": "various prepositions"
},
"expansion": "French à (“various prepositions”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "roa",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Romance",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "all-a-mort"
},
"expansion": "all-a-mort",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "à la morte"
},
"expansion": "French à la morte",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French à (“various prepositions”) and related prepositions in other Romance languages. Also from related misunderstandings, as all-a-mort from French à la morte.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "infix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 44 8 20 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English infixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "all-a-mort"
},
{
"word": "mano-a-mano"
},
{
"word": "vis-a-vis"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Connective infix encountered in loanwords and phrases, generally no longer carrying a distinct meaning."
],
"id": "en--a--en-infix-gpoolct0",
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "à"
},
{
"word": "-à-"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_number": 4,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "infix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Chemistry",
"orig": "en:Chemistry",
"parents": [
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Replacing carbon, especially in a ring."
],
"id": "en--a--en-infix-2vTLLBdX",
"links": [
[
"chemistry",
"chemistry"
],
[
"carbon",
"carbon"
],
[
"ring",
"ring"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chemistry) Replacing carbon, especially in a ring."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_number": 5,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "rat"
},
"expansion": "rat",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "The vowel of rat.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "infix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Pharmacology",
"orig": "en:Pharmacology",
"parents": [
"Biochemistry",
"Medicine",
"Biology",
"Chemistry",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "12 18 12 39 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 18 12 34 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 20 10 37 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 18 0 65 18",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Medicine",
"orig": "en:Medicine",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A monoclonal antibody derived from a rat."
],
"id": "en--a--en-infix-V69iC6Lr",
"links": [
[
"pharmacology",
"pharmacology"
],
[
"monoclonal antibody",
"monoclonal antibody"
],
[
"rat",
"rat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody derived from a rat."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "-mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"pharmacology",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Albanian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Albanian interfixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An interfix, empty morph."
],
"id": "en--a--sq-interfix-dLCMIT4R",
"links": [
[
"interfix",
"interfix#English"
],
[
"empty morph",
"empty morph#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chichewa",
"lang_code": "ny",
"pos": "infix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa infixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Forms the past perfect tense in verbs."
],
"id": "en--a--ny-infix-7CNN-FTY",
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hungarian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hungarian interfixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "fiatal (“young”) + -a- + -bb → fiatalabb (“younger”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A suffix-initial vowel (or linking vowel) inserted interconsonantally between the word stem and the suffix, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning."
],
"id": "en--a--hu-interfix-VCSl17E3",
"links": [
[
"suffix",
"suffix"
],
[
"initial",
"initial"
],
[
"vowel",
"vowel"
],
[
"linking",
"linking"
],
[
"interconsonantally",
"interconsonantally"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "-á-"
},
{
"word": "-e-"
},
{
"word": "-o-"
},
{
"word": "-ö-"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɒ]"
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "la",
"3": "-o-"
},
"expansion": "Latin -o-",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "grc",
"3": "-ο-"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Adapted from Latin -o-, originating ultimately from Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Irish interfixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"-o- (linking vowel between morphemes)"
],
"id": "en--a--ga-interfix-Sz1MKCV3",
"links": [
[
"-o-",
"-o-"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lut",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"lang_code": "lut",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Lushootseed entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Lushootseed interfixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"intrinsic derivational suffix or meaningless lexical linking element"
],
"id": "en--a--lut-interfix-iCujg0OJ",
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "moh",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Mohawk",
"lang_code": "moh",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mohawk entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mohawk interfixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"joiner vowel used in noun incorporation"
],
"id": "en--a--moh-interfix-Mp0aXfPz",
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mohawk entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mohawk interfixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"joiner vowel used when adding verb suffixes"
],
"id": "en--a--moh-interfix-biGFRI6U",
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "non",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "-a"
},
"expansion": "-a",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "-ar"
},
"expansion": "-ar",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "-e-"
},
"expansion": "-e-",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Derived from the earlier and Old Norse genitive suffixes -a and -ar used in compounds. Akin to -e-.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"id": "en--a--nn-interfix-47DEQpj8",
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "-an-"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of -an-"
],
"id": "en--a--nn-interfix-1yFqRk5X",
"links": [
[
"-an-",
"-an-#Norwegian Nynorsk"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rom",
"2": "-a"
},
"expansion": "-a",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See -a.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rom",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Romani",
"lang_code": "rom",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romani entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Romani interfixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Forms the oblique singular stem of oikoclitic feminine nouns"
],
"id": "en--a--rom-interfix-4VVUFK8P",
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "irregular",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-personal",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "na-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "a-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "la-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "cha-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "za-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "For more information",
"source": "conjugation"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "infix",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Positive infinitive"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ku-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kw-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Negative infinitive"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kuto-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Habitual"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hu-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Telegrammic"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ka-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"positive"
],
"word": "General"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-a"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Positive subjunctive"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-e"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Negative present"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-i"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Second person plural"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-ni"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Positive past"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Positive present"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Positive future"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Negative subjunctive"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-si-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Positive present conditional"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Negative present conditional"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-singe-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Positive past conditional"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Negative past conditional"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-singali-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Gnomic"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-a-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Perfect"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-me-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Already",
"word": "past"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-lisha-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Already",
"word": "present"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-mesha-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-sha-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-ki-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-sipo-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Consecutive"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-ka-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Negative past"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-ku-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Negative future"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-ja-1"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Past"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Present"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Future"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-taka-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Negative"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-si-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "-kw- in monosyllabic verbs"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"gnomic aspect marker, indefinite present marker"
],
"id": "en--a--sw-infix-opaVbQGH",
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) gnomic aspect marker, indefinite present marker"
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "10 90",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 68",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili infixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Near-synonym: -na-"
},
{
"english": "Thousands of Companies Close After Difficult Situation",
"ref": "2023, Brian Ambani, “Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu”, in Taifa Leo",
"text": "Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present tense marker used in headlines"
],
"id": "en--a--sw-infix-vKj9pq36",
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish -a",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse -a",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gästabud",
"t": "feast, banquet"
},
"expansion": "gästabud (“feast, banquet”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "gæsta buþ"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish gæsta buþ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-osw",
"2": "gæster",
"t": "guest"
},
"expansion": "gæster (“guest”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gäst"
},
"expansion": "gäst",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "-a, -ar"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish -a, -ar",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "-ar"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse -ar",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "veaträ",
"t": "log of wood"
},
"expansion": "veaträ (“log of wood”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-osw",
"2": "viþaträ"
},
"expansion": "viþaträ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "viðartré"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic viðartré",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "vedträ"
},
"expansion": "vedträ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish -a",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse -a",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "* In most words from an old plural genitive, Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, e.g. gästabud (“feast, banquet”), from Old Swedish gæsta buþ, genitive plural of gæster (“guest”), modern Swedish gäst.\n* In some words from an old singular genitive, Old Swedish -a, -ar, from Old Norse -ar, e.g. dialectal veaträ (“log of wood”) from viþaträ, cf. Icelandic viðartré, standard Swedish vedträ.\n* Occasionally from an old singular genitive, Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, the oblique form of weak masculines.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish interfixes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "bonna-"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds"
],
"id": "en--a--sv-interfix-eCZQ3aCJ",
"raw_glosses": [
"(somewhat archaic or dialectal) Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "-e-"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dialectal",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/a/"
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Albanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Albanian interfixes",
"Albanian lemmas"
],
"glosses": [
"An interfix, empty morph."
],
"links": [
[
"interfix",
"interfix#English"
],
[
"empty morph",
"empty morph#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chichewa",
"lang_code": "ny",
"pos": "infix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"Chichewa infixes",
"Chichewa lemmas"
],
"glosses": [
"Forms the past perfect tense in verbs."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English infixes",
"English interfixes",
"English lemmas",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"en:Medicine"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "cock-a-hoop"
},
{
"word": "cock-a-leekie"
},
{
"word": "half-a-crown"
},
{
"word": "jack-a-dandy"
},
{
"word": "jack-a-lantern"
},
{
"word": "Jack-a-Lent"
},
{
"word": "jack-a-napes"
},
{
"word": "jackanape"
},
{
"word": "John-a-dreams"
},
{
"word": "ragamuffin"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "of"
},
"expansion": "of",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "a"
},
"expansion": "a",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "half-a-crown"
},
"expansion": "half-a-crown",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "of"
},
"expansion": "of",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Jak"
},
"expansion": "Middle English Jak",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "of"
},
"expansion": "of",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "Naples"
},
"expansion": "Naples",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ragamuffin"
},
"expansion": "ragamuffin",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "jackanape"
},
"expansion": "jackanape",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "jackanapes",
"3": "s"
},
"expansion": "s",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "all-a-gog"
},
"expansion": "all-a-gog",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cock-a-leekie"
},
"expansion": "cock-a-leekie",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From of a (as in half-a-crown) or of (as in jack-a-napes from Middle English Jak of Naples). Some terms have fully incorporated the use, as ragamuffin and jackanape(s); others arise from mistaken assimilation to the form, as all-a-gog and cock-a-leekie.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Connective interfix used in forming compounds, often no longer carrying a distinct meaning."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "o'"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"categories": [
"English conjunctions",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English infixes",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"en:Medicine"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "a"
},
"expansion": "a",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "and"
},
"expansion": "and",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Middle English",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier a (attested by the 14th c.), as a contraction of and and its various Middle English forms.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "conjunction"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1746, Exmoor Scolding, 3rd edition, section 81",
"text": "Chem a laced well-a-fine aread",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"And"
],
"links": [
[
"And",
"and"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "an'"
},
{
"word": "n'"
}
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English infixes",
"English lemmas",
"English terms borrowed from French",
"English terms derived from French",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"en:Medicine"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "all-a-mort"
},
{
"word": "mano-a-mano"
},
{
"word": "vis-a-vis"
}
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fr",
"3": "à",
"4": "",
"5": "various prepositions"
},
"expansion": "French à (“various prepositions”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "roa",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Romance",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "all-a-mort"
},
"expansion": "all-a-mort",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "à la morte"
},
"expansion": "French à la morte",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French à (“various prepositions”) and related prepositions in other Romance languages. Also from related misunderstandings, as all-a-mort from French à la morte.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "infix",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Connective infix encountered in loanwords and phrases, generally no longer carrying a distinct meaning."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "à"
},
{
"word": "-à-"
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English infixes",
"English lemmas",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"en:Medicine"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "infix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Chemistry"
],
"glosses": [
"Replacing carbon, especially in a ring."
],
"links": [
[
"chemistry",
"chemistry"
],
[
"carbon",
"carbon"
],
[
"ring",
"ring"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chemistry) Replacing carbon, especially in a ring."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English infixes",
"English lemmas",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"en:Medicine"
],
"etymology_number": 5,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "rat"
},
"expansion": "rat",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "The vowel of rat.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "infix",
"related": [
{
"word": "-mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Pharmacology"
],
"glosses": [
"A monoclonal antibody derived from a rat."
],
"links": [
[
"pharmacology",
"pharmacology"
],
[
"monoclonal antibody",
"monoclonal antibody"
],
[
"rat",
"rat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody derived from a rat."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"pharmacology",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"pos": "interfix",
"related": [
{
"word": "-á-"
},
{
"word": "-e-"
},
{
"word": "-o-"
},
{
"word": "-ö-"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Hungarian entries with incorrect language header",
"Hungarian interfixes",
"Hungarian lemmas",
"Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "fiatal (“young”) + -a- + -bb → fiatalabb (“younger”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A suffix-initial vowel (or linking vowel) inserted interconsonantally between the word stem and the suffix, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning."
],
"links": [
[
"suffix",
"suffix"
],
[
"initial",
"initial"
],
[
"vowel",
"vowel"
],
[
"linking",
"linking"
],
[
"interconsonantally",
"interconsonantally"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɒ]"
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "la",
"3": "-o-"
},
"expansion": "Latin -o-",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "grc",
"3": "-ο-"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Adapted from Latin -o-, originating ultimately from Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Irish interfixes",
"Irish lemmas",
"Irish terms borrowed from Latin",
"Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Irish terms derived from Latin"
],
"glosses": [
"-o- (linking vowel between morphemes)"
],
"links": [
[
"-o-",
"-o-"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lut",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"lang_code": "lut",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Lushootseed entries with incorrect language header",
"Lushootseed interfixes",
"Lushootseed lemmas"
],
"glosses": [
"intrinsic derivational suffix or meaningless lexical linking element"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"categories": [
"Mohawk entries with incorrect language header",
"Mohawk interfixes",
"Mohawk lemmas"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "moh",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Mohawk",
"lang_code": "moh",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"joiner vowel used in noun incorporation"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"joiner vowel used when adding verb suffixes"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "non",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "-a"
},
"expansion": "-a",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "-ar"
},
"expansion": "-ar",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "-e-"
},
"expansion": "-e-",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Derived from the earlier and Old Norse genitive suffixes -a and -ar used in compounds. Akin to -e-.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "-an-"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of -an-"
],
"links": [
[
"-an-",
"-an-#Norwegian Nynorsk"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rom",
"2": "-a"
},
"expansion": "-a",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See -a.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rom",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Romani",
"lang_code": "rom",
"pos": "interfix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Romani entries with incorrect language header",
"Romani interfixes",
"Romani lemmas"
],
"glosses": [
"Forms the oblique singular stem of oikoclitic feminine nouns"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"categories": [
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili infixes",
"Swahili lemmas"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "irregular",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-personal",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "na-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "a-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "la-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "cha-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "vya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ya-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "za-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "mwa-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "For more information",
"source": "conjugation"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "infix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "infix",
"related": [
{
"word": "Positive infinitive"
},
{
"word": "ku-"
},
{
"word": "kw-1"
},
{
"word": "Negative infinitive"
},
{
"word": "kuto-"
},
{
"word": "Habitual"
},
{
"word": "hu-1"
},
{
"word": "Telegrammic"
},
{
"word": "ka-1"
},
{
"tags": [
"indicative",
"positive"
],
"word": "General"
},
{
"word": "-a"
},
{
"word": "Positive subjunctive"
},
{
"word": "-e"
},
{
"word": "Negative present"
},
{
"word": "-i"
},
{
"word": "Second person plural"
},
{
"word": "-ni"
},
{
"word": "Positive past"
},
{
"word": "-li-"
},
{
"word": "Positive present"
},
{
"word": "-na-"
},
{
"word": "Positive future"
},
{
"word": "-ta-"
},
{
"word": "Negative subjunctive"
},
{
"word": "-si-1"
},
{
"word": "Positive present conditional"
},
{
"word": "-nge-"
},
{
"word": "Negative present conditional"
},
{
"word": "-singe-"
},
{
"word": "Positive past conditional"
},
{
"word": "-ngali-"
},
{
"word": "Negative past conditional"
},
{
"word": "-singali-"
},
{
"word": "Gnomic"
},
{
"word": "-a-1"
},
{
"word": "Perfect"
},
{
"word": "-me-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"word": "past"
},
{
"word": "-lisha-"
},
{
"english": "Already",
"word": "present"
},
{
"word": "-mesha-"
},
{
"word": "-sha-"
},
{
"word": "-ki-1"
},
{
"word": "-sipo-"
},
{
"word": "Consecutive"
},
{
"word": "-ka-1"
},
{
"word": "Negative past"
},
{
"word": "-ku-1"
},
{
"word": "Negative future"
},
{
"word": "-ja-1"
},
{
"word": "Past"
},
{
"word": "Present"
},
{
"word": "Future"
},
{
"word": "-taka-"
},
{
"word": "Negative"
},
{
"word": "-si-"
},
{
"word": "1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-"
},
{
"word": "-kw- in monosyllabic verbs"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swahili dated terms"
],
"glosses": [
"gnomic aspect marker, indefinite present marker"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) gnomic aspect marker, indefinite present marker"
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swahili terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Near-synonym: -na-"
},
{
"english": "Thousands of Companies Close After Difficult Situation",
"ref": "2023, Brian Ambani, “Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu”, in Taifa Leo",
"text": "Maelfu Ya Kampuni Zafungwa Kufuatia Hali Ngumu",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present tense marker used in headlines"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "bonna-"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish -a",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse -a",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gästabud",
"t": "feast, banquet"
},
"expansion": "gästabud (“feast, banquet”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "gæsta buþ"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish gæsta buþ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-osw",
"2": "gæster",
"t": "guest"
},
"expansion": "gæster (“guest”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gäst"
},
"expansion": "gäst",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "-a, -ar"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish -a, -ar",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "-ar"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse -ar",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "veaträ",
"t": "log of wood"
},
"expansion": "veaträ (“log of wood”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-osw",
"2": "viþaträ"
},
"expansion": "viþaträ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "viðartré"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic viðartré",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "vedträ"
},
"expansion": "vedträ",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish -a",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "-a"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse -a",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "* In most words from an old plural genitive, Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, e.g. gästabud (“feast, banquet”), from Old Swedish gæsta buþ, genitive plural of gæster (“guest”), modern Swedish gäst.\n* In some words from an old singular genitive, Old Swedish -a, -ar, from Old Norse -ar, e.g. dialectal veaträ (“log of wood”) from viþaträ, cf. Icelandic viðartré, standard Swedish vedträ.\n* Occasionally from an old singular genitive, Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, the oblique form of weak masculines.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "interfix"
},
"expansion": "-a-",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "interfix",
"related": [
{
"word": "-e-"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swedish dialectal terms",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish interfixes",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Swedish terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(somewhat archaic or dialectal) Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds"
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dialectal",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/a/"
}
],
"word": "-a-"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.