-a

ditë f (“day”) + -a → dita (“the day”)

natë f (“night”) + -a → nata (“the night”)

feminine singular nominative suffixed definite article. the


-a

burrë m (“man”) + -a → burra (“men”)

vetull f (“eyebrow”) + -a → vetulla (“eyebrows”)

forms the plural forms for many nouns. -s


-a

Liburua ekarri al duzu?

-a (absolutive indefinite singular)
-ak (absolutive indefinite plural)
-ok (absolutive plural proximal)
-(e)k (ergative indefinite)
-ak (ergative indefinite singular)
-ek (ergative indefinite plural)
-ok (ergative plural proximal)
-(r)i (dative indefinite)
-ari (dative indefinite singular)
-ei (dative indefinite plural)
-oi (dative plural proximal)
-(r)en (genitive indefinite)
-aren (genitive indefinite singular)
-en (genitive indefinite plural)
-on (genitive plural proximal)
-(r)ekin (comitative indefinite)
-arekin (comitative indefinite singular)
-ekin (comitative indefinite plural)
-okin (comitative plural proximal)
-(r)engatik (causative indefinite)
-arengatik (causative indefinite singular)
-engatik (causative indefinite plural)
-ongatik (causative plural proximal)
-(r)entzat (benefactive indefinite)
-arentzat (benefactive indefinite singular)
-entzat (benefactive indefinite plural)
-ontzat (benefactive plural proximal)
-(e)z (indefinite instrumental)
-az (indefinite instrumental singular)
-ez (indefinite instrumental plural)
-oz (instrumental plural proximal)
-(r)engan (animate indefinite inessive)
-arengan (animate indefinite inessive singular)
-engan (animate indefinite inessive plural)
-ongan (animate inessive plural proximal)
-(e)tan (inanimate indefinite inessive)
-an (inanimate indefinite inessive singular)
-etan (inanimate indefinite inessive plural)
-otan (inanimate inessive plural proximal)
-(e)tako (inanimate indefinite locative)
-(e)ko (inanimate indefinite locative singular)
-etako (inanimate indefinite locative plural)
-otako (inanimate locative plural proximal)
-(r)engana (allative animate indefinite)
-arengana (allative animate indefinite singular)
-engana (allative animate indefinite plural)
-ongana (allative animate plural proximal)
-(e)tara (allative inanimate indefinite)
-(e)ra (allative inanimate indefinite singular)
-etara (allative inanimate indefinite plural)
-otara (allative inanimate plural proximal)
-(r)enganaino (animate indefinite terminative)
-arenganaino (animate indefinite singular terminative)
-enganaino (animate indefinite plural terminative)
-onganaino (animate plural proximal terminative)
-(e)taraino (inanimate indefinite terminative)
-(e)raino (inanimate indefinite singular terminative)
-etaraino (inanimate indefinite plural terminative)
-otaraino (inanimate plural proximal terminative)
-(r)enganantz (animate directive indefinite)
-arenganantz (animate directive indefinite singular)
-enganantz (animate directive indefinite plural)
-onganantz (animate directive plural proximal)
-(e)tarantz (directive inanimate indefinite)
-(e)rantz (directive inanimate indefinite singular)
-etarantz (directive inanimate indefinite plural)
-otarantz (directive inanimate plural proximal)
-(r)enganako (animate destinative indefinite)
-arenganako (animate destinative indefinite singular)
-enganako (animate destinative indefinite plural)
-onganako (animate destinative plural proximal)
-(e)tarako (destinative inanimate indefinite)
-(e)rako (destinative inanimate indefinite singular)
-etarako (destinative inanimate indefinite plural)
-otarako (destinative inanimate plural proximal)
-(r)engandik (ablative animate indefinite)
-arengandik (ablative animate indefinite singular)
-engandik (ablative animate indefinite plural)
-ongandik (ablative animate plural proximal)
-(e)tatik (ablative inanimate indefinite)
-(e)tik (ablative inanimate indefinite singular)
-etik (ablative inanimate indefinite plural)
-otik (ablative inanimate plural proximal)
-(r)ik (indefinite partitive)
-tzat (indefinite prolative)


-a

Liburua ekarri duzuia?

(Navarro-Lapurdian) Used to form yes/no questions.


-a

posrat (“to shit oneself”) + -a → posera (“coward”)

nafouknout (“to inflate, to blow up”) + -a → náfuka (“bighead, conceited person”)

forms agent nouns referring to male people


-a

radit (“to advise”) + -a → rada (“advise, counsel”)

naladit (“to tune in”) + -a → nálada (“mood”)

forms nouns referring to results of processes


-a

From the homographic case endings of the nominative, accusative, and vocative forms of numerous Latin neuter second declension nouns.


-a

Marks singular nouns, with a foundation in Greek or Latin, often implying femininity, especially when contrasted with words terminating in -us.

Representing the nominative singular case ending of Latin first-declension feminine nouns.


-a

magnesium + -a → magnesia

Changes an element or substance into an oxide.


-a

who'da thunk it?

shoulda

coulda

woulda


-a

donna

signora

Marks nouns, with a foundation in Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese, implying femininity.

Equivalent to Etymology 2, representing Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish feminine nouns.


-a

A merry heart goes all the day
Your sad tires in a mile-a

c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

I love to sing-a / about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a, / I love to sing-a / about a sky of blue-a, or a tea for two-a.

1936 July 18, Leon Schlesinger (producer) / Norman Spencer (music), I Love to Singa

I wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna really wanna be just like the Lord
So every day Im gonna gonna read the Book and rest upon-a God's own holy Word
Of good in me there's none-a none-a that's okay because I'm gonna trust upon the work that's done-a on the Cross
and Jesus is the one-a one-a God the Father's Son-a Son-a and my sin He cures!

1980s, “Wanna”, in Herb Owen (music), Kids Sing Praise, performed by Kids Sing Praise:

Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscle
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich […]

1981, Colin Hay, Ron Strykert, performed by Men At Work, Down Under:

"I'm-a tell-a you why you better be. I named you in my will, Franco."

2014, Don Pendleton, California Hit, Open Road Media, →ISBN:

Added for metrical reasons to songs, poetry and verse, or as an empty filler syllable to other speech.

Added especially for metrical reasons, or as an empty filler syllable. Also used to imitate an Italian accent.


-a

buncha, cuppa, kinda, loadsa, lotta, sorta

"Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."

1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, page 31:

(slang) Clitic form of o' (contraction of of).


-a

oughta

wanna

gotta

gonna

-er

which, in various non-rhotic dialects, reduces to -a, e.g. fatha, burna


-a

belo (“beauty”) + -a → bela (“beautiful”)

dekstro (“the right direction”) (as opposed to left) + -a → dekstra (“to the right”)

vero (“truth”) + -a → vera (“true”)

Related to, in the manner of, of. Ending for all adjectives in Esperanto.

mi (“I; me”) + -a → mia (“of me, my”)

vi (“you”) + -a → via (“of you, your”)

ili (“they; them”) + -a → ilia (“of them, their”)

Belonging to, of. Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.

unu (“one”) + -a → unua (“first”)

du (“two”) + -a → dua (“second”)

dek tri (“thirteen”) + -a → dek-tria (“thirteenth”)

cent (“hundred”) + -a → centa (“hundredth”)

ki- + -a → kia (“what kind of”)

ti- + -a → tia (“that kind of”)

neni- + -a → nenia (“no kind of”)

-kind of. Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.

From feminine singular adjectives (and nouns) of the Romance languages, such as French ma, Italian mia, Spanish mía, fría.


-a

týskur (“a German”) + -a → týska (“Germanize”)

illur (“bad”) + -a → illa (“badly”)


-a

(case suffix) Forms the partitive case of nouns, adjectives, numbers and some pronouns.

head

-a (front vowel harmony variant -ä, linguistic notation -A)

From Proto-Finnic *-da, from the Proto-Uralic ablative case *-ta. A variant form *-ta (whence Finnish -ta) was used after a syllable with secondary stress (suffixal gradation).


-a

(verbal suffix) Forms the short form of the first infinitive of verbs.


-a

third-person singular
third-person singular#English

forms the third-person singular past historic of -er verbs

From Latin -āt, short counterpart to -āvit.


-a

ház → (a) háza, az ő háza (“his/her/its house”) élet → (az) élete, az ő élete (“his/her/its life”) barát → (a) barátja (“his/her/its friend”) kapu → (a) kapuja (“his/her/its gate”) palota → (a) palotája (“his/her/its palace”) kert → (a) kertje (“his/her/its garden”) betű → (a) betűje (“his/her/its letter”) vese → (a) veséje (“his/her/its kidney”)

(with no possessor or with the 3rd‑person pronoun as possessor, usually construed with the definite article) his, her, its …

Possessive (and genitive) suffix:
his, her, its …

Anna háza (“Anna’s house”), a felkelő nap háza (“the house of the rising sun”) Anna élete (“Anna’s life”), a város élete (“the life of the city”) a király palotája (“the king’s palace”) a ház kapuja (“the gate of the house”) Anna kertje (“Anna’s garden”), a tulipán kertje (“the garden of the tulip”)

(with a singular possessor) …-'s, of … (third-person singular, single possession)

a szüleim háza (“my parents’ house”), a trópusi növények háza (“[the] house of [the] tropical plants”, literally “the tropical plants’ house”) a szüleim élete (“my parents’ lives”, literally “my parents’ life”), a könyvek élete (“[the] lives of [the] books”, literally “the books’ life”) az uralkodók palotája (“the rulers’ palace”) a szüleim kertje (“my parents’ garden”), Az elágazó ösvények kertje (“The Garden of Forking Paths”)

(with a plural possessor) …-s’, of …-s (third-person plural, single possession)

Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje ment el.

S/he left one century / two years / one hour / a long time ago.

, e.g. egy évszázaddal, két évvel ezelőtt

(with instantaneous time expressions) … ago (referring to a preceding point in time considered as an instant)

Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje várunk rád.

We have been waiting for you for a century / two years / an hour / a long time.

(with durative time expressions) for … (referring to some duration that precedes the point of time in question)

jó (jav-) (“the greater/better part”) → a java még hátravan (“the best/bulk is yet to come”, literally “its best/bulk is…”)

legnagyobbik (“the biggest one”) → a bikák legnagyobbika (“the biggest [one] of the bulls”, synonymous with a legnagyobb bika)

(mostly with quantities, often following -ik) of …, out of … (partitive sense)

Possessive (and genitive) suffix:
of …, out of … (partitive sense)

tud (“to know”) → tudta (“he/she knew it”)

tud → tudja (“he/she knows it (indicative mood)”)

tud → tudja (“he/she should know it (subjunctive mood)”)

kér (“to request, ask for sth”) → kérte (“he/she requested it”)

kér → kérje (“he/she should request it (subjunctive mood)”)

Third-person singular personal suffix in back-vowel verbs. Today it can be found in the third-person singular definite forms (indicative past and imperative conjugations) as part of the suffix -ja/-je, -ta/-te.

tanulni (“to study”) → tanulnia kell (“he/she must study”, literally “it is necessary for him/her to study”)

kérni (“to request, ask for”) → kérnie kell (“he/she must request [it]”, literally “it is necessary for him/her to request”)

-ról (“about”) → róla (“about him/her/it”)

-től (“from”) → tőle (“from him/her/it”)

után (“after”) → utána (“after him/her/it”)

fölött (“above”) → fölötte (“above him/her/it”)

Third-person singular personal suffix in back-vowel conjugated infinitives and in the declined and postposition forms of the third-person personal pronoun ő (“he/she/it”).

-a (nominative singular)
-át (accusative singular)
-ának (dative singular)
-ával (instrumental singular)
-áért (causal-final singular)
-ává (singular translative)
-áig (singular terminative)
-aként (essive-formal singular)
-ául (essive-modal singular)
-ában (inessive singular)
-án (singular superessive)
-ánál (adessive singular)
-ába (illative singular)
-ára (singular sublative)
-ához (allative singular)
-ából (elative singular)
-áról (delative singular)
-ától (ablative singular)
-áé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
-áéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)

From the *sᴕ̈ third-person personal pronoun of the ancestor language after it was appended to the word of possession. According to some linguists this attachment happened in the Proto-Uralic era, while others think it happened much later when the Hungarian language became independent.


-a

cic (“the sound for calling a cat”) → cica (“kitten”)

Zsigmond (“Siegmund”) → Zsiga (“Sig”)

(diminutive suffix) The back-vowel variant of the -a/-e diminutive suffix pair. In the past it could be found in common nouns, as well, but today it is used mostly in given names.

First attested in 1055. It can be traced back to Proto-Uralic *-i̮ which with the word-final vowel created the diphthong -ai̮/-ei̮. This had simplified to -á/-é, finally in the Old Hungarian era it had shortened to -a/-e. It was a productive suffix at that time, the back-vowel variant was used even in front-vowel words such as the Old Hungarian female given names Fehéra and Szépa, derived from fehér (“light in color”) and szép (“beautiful”), respectively.


-a

(personal suffix, archaic) Used to form the third-person singular indicative past indefinite, for back-vowel verbs. The front-vowel version is -e. The suffix currently used in this place is -t, -tt, or -ott. For the full paradigm, see the usage template.


-a

(obsolete participle suffix) Synonym of -ó (present-participle suffix) From a synchronic perspective, it can be viewed as a nominal-forming suffix, preserved in some adjectives and nouns (see below). No longer productive. Its front-vowel version is -e.

-ó

Along with its front-vowel counterpart -e, from the diphthongs -ai̮/-ei̮, developing to -á/-é, then shortened to this form by the end of the early Old Hungarian period. After the participle suffix became fixed as -ó/-ő, the remaining words suffixed with -a/-e underwent conversion; some became adjectives, others, nouns.


-a

spark (“a kick”) + -a → sparka (“to kick”)

mjólk (“milk”) + -a → mjólka (“to milk”)

von (“hope”) + -a → vona (“to hope”)

ávarp (“an address”) + -a → ávarpa (“to address”)

rit (“a writ”) + -a → rita (“to write”)

rass (“an ass”) + -a → rassa (“to spank (on the ass)”)

illur (“bad”) + -a → illa (“badly”)


-a

arjento (“silver”, noun) + -a → arjenta (“silver”, adjective)


-a

Used to form the partitive case: part of

-haan (first-person possessive singular)
-amme (first-person plural possessive)
-haas (possessive second-person singular)
-anne (plural possessive second-person)
-haa (possessive singular third-person)
-asse (plural possessive third-person)

From Proto-Finnic *-da. Cognates include Finnish -a and Estonian -a.


-a

From Proto-Finnic *-dak. Cognates include Finnish -da.


-a

plural ending of adjectives in the nominative, vocative, dative, and strong genitive cases

genitive singular ending of third-declension nouns


-a

used with a stem to form a feminine singular noun, usually a deverbal

Inherited from Latin -a, from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ (forms action nouns).


-a

used, with a stem, to form the third-person singular present tense of -are verbs


-a

second-person singular
second-person singular#English

used, with a stem, to form the second-person singular imperative of -are verbs


-a

first-person singular
first-person singular#English

present subjunctive
present subjunctive#English

used, with a stem, to form the first-person singular, second-person singular and third-person singular present subjunctive of -ere verbs, and of those -ire verbs that do not insert -isc-

From Latin -(e/i)am, -(e/i)ās, -(e/i)at.


-a

used, with a stem, to form the third-person singular imperative of -ere verbs, and of those -ire verbs that do not insert -isc-


-a

Form of -ə after the vowels A / I / O / U.


-a

inflection of -us:
nominative/vocative feminine singular

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of -s

From Proto-Italic *-ā, from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ (suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender). For the use to form masculine agent nouns from verb roots, compare Latin poeta from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).


-a

equus m (“horse”) + -a → equa f (“female horse, mare”)

flāmen m (“flamen”) + -a → flāmina f (“wife of a flamen”)

magister m (“master, instructor”) + -a → magistra f (“mistress, instructress”)

suffix used to form feminine first-declension nouns

added to the root of a masculine noun denoting a male to form a feminine noun denoting a female counterpart.

lendis, lendin- f + -a → lendina f

pūlex, pūlic- m + -a → *pūlica f

(Late Latin) added to the stem of a third-declension noun to adapt its inflection to that of a feminine first-declension noun

adveniō + -a → advena

ager + colō + -a → agricola

caedō + -a → -cīda

colō + -a → -cola

cōnferveō + -a → cōnferva f

cōnsolidō + -a → cōnsolida f

scrībō + -a → scrība

suffix used to form (usually masculine) agent nouns from the roots of (usually compound) verbs

-ae (genitive)
-a (nominative singular)
-ae (nominative plural)
-ae (genitive singular)
-ārum (genitive plural)
-ae (dative singular)
-īs (dative plural)
-am (accusative singular)
-ās (accusative plural)
-ā (ablative singular)
-īs (ablative plural)
-a (singular vocative)
-ae (plural vocative)

-ō¹

suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms masculine agent nouns


-a

From Old Latin -ād, first-declension ablative singular ending.


-a

citer + -ā → citrā

exter + -ā → extrā

in- + -ter + -ā → intrā

ulter + -ā → ultrā

suffixed chiefly to the stems of adjectives terminating in -ter, forms adverbs which are frequently also used as prepositions


-a

second-person singular present active imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


-a

Used to derive feminine nouns from masculine nouns (like English -ess).


-a

and (attached only to čəd, čəxʷ, čəɬ & čələp)


-a

Ba'dai uringa.


-a

Used to form the feminine forms of most nouns and adjectives.

Used to form the plurals of some nouns and adjectives.

Used to form singulatives from collective nouns.

From Arabic ـَة (-a), reinforced by Sicilian and Italian -a, which are unrelated but used similarly.

-ja

used after -i, -j; also another ending of different origin


-a

passive ending (used mainly for verbs with one or two vowels)


-a

pendeayvua

ooa

nhama'etỹa ára

indicates the time of the action of the verb


-a

mboapya


-a

Forms nouns denoting the action of the suffixed verb; -ing, -tion


-a

loavdit (“to cover the tent”) + -a → loavdda (“tent cloth”)

Forms nouns from verbs, indicating something used for performing the verb.

čállit (“to write”) + -a → čála (“writing”)

Forms nouns from verbs, indicating something that results from having the verb's action performed.

-at (with-odd-syllable-stems)
-at (nominative singular)
-agat (nominative plural)
-aga (accusative singular)
-agiid (accusative plural)
-aga (genitive singular)
-agiid (genitive plural)
-agii (illative singular)
-agiidda (illative plural)
-agis (locative singular)
-agiin (locative plural)
-agiin (comitative singular)
-agiiguin (comitative plural)
-agin (essive)
-agan (first-person possessive singular)
-ageamẹ (dual first-person possessive)
-ageamẹt (first-person plural possessive)
-agat (possessive second-person singular)
-ageattẹ (dual possessive second-person)
-ageattẹt (plural possessive second-person)
-agis (possessive singular third-person)
-ageaskkạ (dual possessive third-person)
-ageasẹt (plural possessive third-person)

From Proto-Samic *-ëk. Cognate with Finnish -e.


-a

the definite singular of (strong) feminine nouns.

the definite plural of strong neuter nouns.

(dialectal) the dative singular case of strong masculine nouns.

(archaic, nonstandard) Used to form definite singular dative case of weak masculine and neuter nouns

-ed, Used for:
the past tense of a-verbs.

Category:Norwegian Nynorsk preterite-present verbs

the supines of a-verbs and some preterite-present verbs (e.g. har bada, kasta, kunna, skulla, vilja).

-ed, Used for:
the past participles of a-verbs.

-ed, Used for:
adjectives (e.g. grepa, heilhjarta).

Used to form an infinitive form for most verbs. When using split infinitive, this only applies to a select group.

(non-standard since 2012)

Used to form singular indefinite feminine form of some pronouns and adjectives (e.g. inga, lita, noka etc.).

Used as an ending of weak nouns and adjectives. Used for:

the singular of weak feminine nouns, indefinite (non-standard since 2012) and definite forms.

Wiktionary:Norwegian Nynorsk spelling reforms#2012

the singular of weak neuter nouns, indefinite and definite forms (e.g. auga, hjarta, øyra).

(dated or dialectal) adverbs ((pre-2012) alternative form of -e).

(pre-1901 (Landsmål), archaic or dialectal) the singular definite feminine and neuter forms of adjectives.

(pre-1901 (Landsmål), archaic, nonstandard) Used to form the feminine indefinite plural of adjectives.

(pre-1901 (Landsmål), archaic, nonstandard) Used to form the genitive plural of nouns.


-a

ācweorna

fola

draca

grīma

heorra

eald (“old”) + -a → (sē) ealda (“(the/that) old; (the/that) old one/thing”)

used to form the nominative singular n-stem (weak) adjective and subsequent nominalised form

ġiefan (“to give”) + -a → ġiefa (“giver”)

dēman (“to judge”) + -a → dēma (“a judge”)

cuman (“to come”) + -a → cuma (“guest”)

used to form masculine agents, usually from verbs

-a (nominative singular)
-an (nominative plural)
-an (accusative singular)
-an (accusative plural)
-an (genitive singular)
-ena (genitive plural)
-an (dative singular)
-um (dative plural)

Middle English: -e

From Proto-West Germanic *-ō, from Proto-Germanic *-ô. Cognate with Old High German -o.


-a

Middle English: -e (fossilised)

From Proto-West Germanic *-ō, from Proto-Germanic *-ô.


-a

sunu (“son”) + -a → suna (“sons, sons'”)

talu (“tale”) + -a → tala (“tales, tales'”)

Forms the nominative, accusative, and genitive plural of o-stem feminine nouns and u-stem masculine nouns


-a

word (“word”) + -a → worda (“words'”)

Forms the genitive plural of a-stem nouns


-a

sunu (“son”) + -a → suna (“son's, son”)

Forms the genitive and dative singular of u-stem nouns


-a

Galician: -a

Portuguese: -a


-a

amar (“to love”) + -a → ama (“[he/she/it] loves”)

cantar (“to sing”) + -a → canta (“[he/she/it] sings”)

a suffix indicating the second-person singular present indicative of a verb in -ar

Fala: -a

Galician: -a

Portuguese: -a

Inherited from Latin -at, from Proto-Italic *-āt, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti.


-a

ar (“for the sake of”) + -a → ara (“for the sake of whom/which”)

combines with prepositions to form a relative pronoun


-a

forms the comparative degree of some adjectives


-a

non-conj-blank-active

Conjugation of -a — active (weak class 2)

Conjugation of -a — mediopassive (weak class 2)

non-conj-table

-a (infinitive)
-andi (participle present)
-aðr (participle past)
-a (first-person present singular)
-aða (first-person past singular)
-ar (present second-person singular)
-aðir (past second-person singular)
-ar (present singular third-person)
-aði (past singular third-person)
-um (first-person plural present)
-uðum (first-person past plural)
-ið (plural present second-person)
-uðuð (past plural second-person)
-a (plural present third-person)
-uðu (past plural third-person)
-ir (present second-person singular)
-i (present singular third-person)
-im (first-person plural present)
-aðim (first-person past plural)
-aðið (past plural second-person)
-i (plural present third-person)
-aði (past plural third-person)
-a (present second-person singular)

Danish: -e

Icelandic: -a

Faroese: -a

Norwegian:

Norwegian Nynorsk: -e, -a

Old Swedish: -a

Swedish: -a


-a

gjarn + -a → gjarna

Icelandic: -a


-a

Occurs in the nominative singular of feminine on-stem nouns

Occurs in the singular of neuter an-stem nouns

non-decl-blank-full

-a

-a

-a (indefinite nominative singular)
-an (definite nominative singular)
-ur (indefinite nominative plural)
-urnar (definite nominative plural)
-u (accusative indefinite singular)
-una (accusative definite singular)
-ur (accusative indefinite plural)
-urnar (accusative definite plural)
-u (dative indefinite singular)
-unni (dative definite singular)
-um (dative indefinite plural)
-unum (dative definite plural)
-u (genitive indefinite singular)
-unnar (definite genitive singular)
-na (genitive indefinite plural)
-nanna (definite genitive plural)
-a (indefinite nominative singular)
-at (definite nominative singular)
-u (indefinite nominative plural)
-un (definite nominative plural)
-a (accusative indefinite singular)
-at (accusative definite singular)
-u (accusative indefinite plural)
-un (accusative definite plural)
-a (dative indefinite singular)
-anu (dative definite singular)
-um (dative indefinite plural)
-unum (dative definite plural)
-a (genitive indefinite singular)
-ans (definite genitive singular)
-na (genitive indefinite plural)
-nanna (definite genitive plural)


-a

inflection of -i (masculine an-stem nouns):

indefinite accusative plural of -r (masculine a-stem nouns)


-a

sighia

hælgha

gmq-osw-conj-table

-a (weak)

-a (infinitive present)
-andi (participle present)
-e (participle present)
-aþer (participle past)
-ar (first-person indicative present singular)
-i (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-e (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-aþi (first-person indicative past singular)
-e (first-person indicative past singular)
-aþi (first-person past singular subjunctive)
-e (first-person past singular subjunctive)
-ar (indicative present second-person singular)
-i (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-e (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-a (imperative present second-person singular)
-aþi (indicative past second-person singular)
-e (indicative past second-person singular)
-aþi (past second-person singular subjunctive)
-e (past second-person singular subjunctive)
-ar (indicative present singular third-person)
-i (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-e (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-aþi (indicative past singular third-person)
-e (indicative past singular third-person)
-aþi (past singular subjunctive third-person)
-e (past singular subjunctive third-person)
-um (first-person indicative plural present)
-om (first-person indicative plural present)
-um (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-om (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-um (first-person imperative plural present)
-om (first-person imperative plural present)
-aþum (first-person indicative past plural)
-om (first-person indicative past plural)
-aþum (first-person past plural subjunctive)
-om (first-person past plural subjunctive)
-in (indicative plural present second-person)
-in (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-in (imperative plural present second-person)
-aþin (indicative past plural second-person)
-aþin (past plural second-person subjunctive)
-a (indicative plural present third-person)
-in (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-aþu (indicative past plural third-person)
-o (indicative past plural third-person)
-aþin (past plural subjunctive third-person)
-as (first-person indicative present singular)
-is (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-es (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-aþis (first-person indicative past singular)
-es (first-person indicative past singular)
-aþis (first-person past singular subjunctive)
-es (first-person past singular subjunctive)
-as (indicative present second-person singular)
-is (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-es (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-aþis (indicative past second-person singular)
-es (indicative past second-person singular)
-aþis (past second-person singular subjunctive)
-es (past second-person singular subjunctive)
-as (indicative present singular third-person)
-is (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-es (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-aþis (indicative past singular third-person)
-es (indicative past singular third-person)
-aþis (past singular subjunctive third-person)
-es (past singular subjunctive third-person)
-ums (first-person indicative plural present)
-oms (first-person indicative plural present)
-ums (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-oms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-aþums (first-person indicative past plural)
-oms (first-person indicative past plural)
-aþums (first-person past plural subjunctive)
-oms (first-person past plural subjunctive)
-ins (indicative plural present second-person)
-ins (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-aþins (indicative past plural second-person)
-aþins (past plural second-person subjunctive)
-as (indicative plural present third-person)
-ins (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-aþus (indicative past plural third-person)
-os (indicative past plural third-person)
-aþins (past plural subjunctive third-person)

Swedish: -a


-a

porang (“beatiful”, adjective) + -a → poranga (“beauty”, noun)

nhe'eng (“to speak”, verb) + -a → nhe'enga (“language”, noun)

mim (“to hide”) + -a → mima (“hiding”)

forms the gerund of verbs ending in a consonant

Possibly from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ, making it a doublet of -sab.
Cognate with Guajajára, Kamayurá, Mbyá Guaraní, and Tapirapé -a.


-a

-ée

Alternation with ái-a for ai-ending nouns


-a

Oblique case suffix (with a-declension nouns)


-a

Masculine non-nominative and non-singular agreement suffix


-a

Zdzisław + -a → Zdzisława

forms feminine names from masculine names

rad + -a → rada.

(obsolete) forms feminine nominative and vocative forms of short forms of adjectives

-a (nominative singular)
-y (nominative plural)
-y (genitive singular)
-ie (dative singular)
-om (dative plural)
-ę (accusative singular)
-y (accusative plural)
-ą (instrumental singular)
-ami (instrumental plural)
-ie (locative singular)
-ach (locative plural)
-o (singular vocative)
-y (plural vocative)


-a

-yni (feminine)
-a (nominative singular)
-owie (nominative plural)
-y (derogatory nominative plural)
-y (genitive singular)
-ów (genitive plural)
-ie (dative singular)
-om (dative plural)
-ę (accusative singular)
-ów (accusative plural)
-ą (instrumental singular)
-ami (instrumental plural)
-ie (locative singular)
-ach (locative plural)
-o (singular vocative)
-y (plural vocative)


-a

główny + -a → główna

forms feminine nominative and vocative forms of adjectives

Inherited from Old Polish -á, from Proto-Slavic *-aja.


-a

forms collective nouns, causes palatalization

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьja. Doublet of -ia.


-a

brat + -a → bracia

forms some plural forms, causes palatalization


-a

Zdzisław + -a → Zdzisława

but + -a → buta

used to create the masculine genitive singular, usually of animate nouns, but also of some inanimate nouns

zdanie + -a → zdania

od dawna

zgoła

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-a, from Proto-Indo-European *-éad, the thematic ablative suffix.


-a

zdanie + -a → zdania

forms the nominative plural of neuter nouns


-a

uruguaio (“Uruguayan (masculine)”) + -a → uruguaia (“Uruguayan (feminine)”)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from Latin -am.


-a

Uruguai (“Uruguay”) + -o → uruguaio (“Uruguayan”) + -a → uruguaia (“Uruguayan woman or girl”)

forms feminine nouns from adjectives, indicating people having the quality of the source adjective


-a

a suffix indicating the third-person singular present indicative of a verb in -ar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from Latin -at.


-a

João, conta-nos o teu apelido.

forms the second-person singular affirmative imperative of verbs ending in -ar

From Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from Latin -ā.


-a

É importante que eu coma carne.

forms the first-person singular present subjunctive of verbs ending in -er and -ir

From Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from Latin -am, -eam.


-a

É importante que ele coma carne.

forms the third-person singular present subjunctive of verbs ending in -er and -ir

Ei você aí, coma carne.

forms the third-person singular affirmative imperative of verbs ending in -er and -ir

Ei você aí, não coma carne.

forms the third-person singular negative imperative of verbs ending in -er and -ir

From Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from Latin -at, -eat.


-a

vestibular + -a → vestiba (“university admittance test”)

vagabundo + -a → vagaba (“loafer”)

(Brazil, slang) used in the end of shortenings

pt-noun

-a m or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -as)


-a

e·rikwa (“ant”)

Central Algonquian:

Fox: -a


-a

attaches to verbs to create nouns denoting the result of the action of the verb

tura

to be in a row, to hang down; line, row; bowstring; vine; cheeks, face

əya

to age, to become old; one's elder; parent


-a

privative adjective
privative adjective#English

Suffixed to nouns to form privative adjectives

Proto-Georgian-Zan:

Georgian: -ა (-a)

Zan:

Laz: -ა (-a)

Mingrelian: -ა (-a)

Svan: -ა̈ჲ (-äy), -აჲ (-ay), -ა̈ (-ä)


-a

Used to form adjectives denoting an resemblance to the suffixed noun: -like, -y

-a (nominative singular)
-ajas (nominative plural)
-a (accusative indefinite singular)
-ajas (accusative indefinite plural)
-aäs (accusative definite singular)
-ajasäs (accusative definite plural)
-aän (instrumental singular)
-ajasän (instrumental plural)
-atäk (caritive singular)
-ajastäk (caritive plural)
-ala (consecutive singular)
-ajasla (consecutive plural)
-alän (genitive singular)
-ajaslän (genitive plural)
-aliś (ablative singular)
-ajasliś (ablative plural)
-ali (dative singular)
-ajasli (dative plural)
-ain (inessive singular)
-ajasin (inessive plural)
-aiś (elative singular)
-ajasiś (elative plural)
-aä (illative singular)
-ajasä (illative plural)
-aśań (egressive singular)
-ajasśań (egressive plural)
-alań (approximative singular)
-ajaslań (approximative plural)
-aäʒ́ (singular terminative)
-ajasäʒ́ (plural terminative)
-ati (singular translative)
-ajasti (plural translative)

Komi:

Komi-Permyak: -а (-a)

Komi-Zyrian: -а (-a)

Udmurt: -о (-o)


-a

bediz (“decoration”) + *-a → *bedze- (“to decorate, adorn”)


-a

phral (“brother”) + -a → phrala (“brothers”)

ćhaj (“daughter”) + -a → ćhaja (“daughters”)

Forms the nominative plural of consonantal oikoclitic nouns

daj (“mother”) + -a → daja

Forms the accusative singular of unjotated oikoclitic animate feminine nouns

phuro (“old (animate)”) + -a → phura

Forms the feminine singular oblique of consonantal oikoclitic nouns. Displaced by -e in most dialects


-a

(definite article) the (feminine singular, nominative and accusative)

-i

masculine/neuter plural nominative and accusative

-l

masculine/neuter singular nominative and accusative

Inherited from Latin illa, nominative feminine singular of ille.

-ua

used for feminine nouns ending in a stressed vowel


-a

A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.

a -a (infinitive)
-ând (gerund)
-at (participle past)
-i (indicative present second-person singular)
-ă (indicative present singular)
-ăm (first-person indicative plural present)
-ați (indicative plural present second-person)
-ă (indicative plural present)
-am (imperfect indicative singular)
-ai (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-a (imperfect indicative singular)
-am (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-ați (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-au (imperfect indicative plural)
-ai (indicative perfect singular)
-ași (indicative perfect second-person singular)
-ă (indicative perfect singular)
-arăm (first-person indicative perfect plural)
-arăți (indicative perfect plural second-person)
-ară (indicative perfect plural)
-asem (indicative pluperfect singular)
-aseși (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
-ase (indicative pluperfect singular)
-aserăm (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
-aserăți (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
-aseră (indicative pluperfect plural)
să - (present singular subjunctive)
să -i (present second-person singular subjunctive)
să -e (present singular subjunctive)
să -ăm (first-person plural present subjunctive)
să -ați (plural present second-person subjunctive)
să -e (plural present subjunctive)
-ă (imperative positive second-person singular)
-ați (imperative plural positive second-person)
nu -a (imperative negative second-person singular)
nu -ați (imperative negative plural second-person)

Inherited from Latin -āre, the ending of the present active infinitive form of first conjugation verbs. Cognate with Spanish -ar, French -er, Italian -are, etc.


-a

Suffix appended to words (usually verbal stems) to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a relation or to form a proper noun.


-a

Forms the genitive singular of masculine and neuter nouns and indefinite adjectives.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-a, from Proto-Indo-European *-ōd, the thematic ablative ending.


-a

forms nouns for young animals and other diminutives

-a (nominative singular)
-atá (nominative plural)
-ence (nominative plural)
-aťa (genitive singular)
-(i)at (genitive plural)
-eniec (genitive plural)
-aťu (dative singular)
-aťom (dative plural)
-encom (dative plural)
-a (accusative singular)
-atá (accusative plural)
-ence (accusative plural)
-ati (locative singular)
-aťoch (locative plural)
-encoch (locative plural)
-aťom (instrumental singular)
-atami (instrumental plural)
-encami (instrumental plural)


-a

señor (“gentleman”) + -a → señora (“lady”)

camarero (“waiter”) + -a → camarera (“waitress”)


-a

frío (“cold”) + -a → fría (“cold”)


-a

hablar (“to talk”) + -a → habla (“talks”)

forms the third-person singular (also used with usted) present indicative mood of regular -ar verbs

Inherited from Latin -at, the third-person singular present active indicative ending of first conjugation verbs.


-a

comer (“to eat”) + -a → aunque yo coma (“even if I ate”)

salir (“to leave”) + -a → por favor, salga Ud. (“please leave”) (formal)

forms the first and third-person singular (also used with usted) singular present subjunctive mood of -er and -ir verbs, also used for the imperative mood of usted

Inherited from Latin -eam, Latin -am, and Latin -iam the first-person singular present active subjunctive endings of second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs, respectively; and from Latin -eat, Latin -at, and Latin -iat, the third-person singular present active subjunctive ending of second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs, respectively.


-a

hablar (“to talk”) + -a → ¡Habla!

forms the second-person singular imperative mood of -ar verbs

Inherited from Latin -ā (second-person singular present active imperative ending of first conjugation verbs).


-a

positive indicative ending for verbs of Bantu origin

1 Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-


-a

disk (“dishes”) + -a → diska (“to do the dishes”)

mjölk (“milk”) + -a → mjölka (“to milk”)

öl (“beer”) + -a → öla (“to drink beer”)

A verb-building suffix that can be added to nouns or adjectives.

-s (infinitive passive)
-t (active supine)
-ts (passive supine)
-en (active archaic imperative plural)
-er (active indicative present)
-te (active indicative past)
-s (indicative passive present)
-es (indicative passive present)
-tes (indicative passive past)
-te (active archaic indicative past plural)
-s (archaic indicative passive plural present)
-tes (archaic indicative passive past plural)
-e (active dated present subjunctive)
-te (active dated past subjunctive)
-es (dated passive present subjunctive)
-tes (dated passive past subjunctive)
-nde (participle present)
-t (participle past)
-s (infinitive passive)
-t (active supine)
-ts (passive supine)
-en (active archaic imperative plural)
-er (active indicative present)
-de (active indicative past)
-s (indicative passive present)
-es (indicative passive present)
-des (indicative passive past)
-de (active archaic indicative past plural)
-s (archaic indicative passive plural present)
-des (archaic indicative passive past plural)
-e (active dated present subjunctive)
-de (active dated past subjunctive)
-es (dated passive present subjunctive)
-des (dated passive past subjunctive)
-nde (participle present)
-d (participle past)

From Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, from Proto-Germanic *-ōną.


-a

(on a positive adjective) Weak (definite) singular suffix, historically feminine

engelsk (“English”) + -a → engelska (“the English language”)

Transform an adjective describing a people speaking a language into the noun for that language.

The language noun sense originally comes from the definite adjective + tunga (“tongue; language”). Thus svenska (“Swedish”) was originally svenska tungan (the Swedish tongue)


-a

Definite plural suffix for neuter nouns of the fourth declension with regular plurals in -n, e.g. äpplen (“apples”) + -a → äpplena (“the apples”); see also -na.


-a

tre (“three”) + -a → trea (“a bronze medalist; a three-room apartment”, literally “a three”)


-a

aiha (“ice”) → aihā (“to be icy”)

manava (“belly”) → manavā (“to be big-bellied”)

Creates a verb denoting an abundancy of the suffixed noun; -ful

From Proto-Polynesian *-a. Cognates include Tuvaluan -a and Samoan -a.


-a

Added to transitive verbs when preceded by the subject pronoun.


-a

Used to create genus names from proper nouns

Used to take the form of certain plural Latin-derived taxonomic names


-a

İstanbul + -a → İstanbul’a (“to Istanbul”)

Ankara + -a → Ankara’ya (“to Ankara”)

İzmir + -a → İzmir’e (“to Izmir”)

babası + -a → babasına (“to his father”)

suyu içtikten sonra suyu geri buzdolabına koydum

i put the water back in the fridge after drinking it


-a

yürümek + -a → yürüye (“by walking”)

From Proto-Turkic *-ü (“gerundive suffix”).


-a

olmak (“to happen”) + -a → ola (“may it happen”)

From Proto-Turkic *-gey (“optative-predictive future case”).


-a

pledadinaselidöp

tanoganilamedin

taglumaladälamedin

natrinakarbatazüd telik

Elaf Tyrannosaurus rex älifon in taledadil, kel nu binon dil Nolüda-Meropa.

Tyrannosaurus rex lived in an area of the earth, which is now a part of North America.

Buks binons stumem lärnazilana (/ lärnazilanastumem / stumem lärnazilanik).

A morpheme used to mark the genitive singular of a word (such as a noun, adjective or pronoun). It is also the most common morpheme used in creating innumerable compound words, some of which can be very long


-a

Forming masculine nouns from verbs and nouns, having the sense of 'tool, object for a specific purpose'.


-a

Forms verbnouns from verb stems. Usually denotes an action that is often repeated, e.g. frequenting a certain place or gathering a certain item.


-a

(literary) verb suffix for the third-person singular present indicative/future


-a

(literary) verb suffix for the second-person singular present imperative

(colloquial) verb suffix for the second-person singular present imperative


-a

(colloquial) used to form the superlative of an adjective of one or two syllables.


-a

(colloquial) verb suffix for the first-person singular future


-a

Marks imperfective aspect in both the recent and distant past tenses.