"-s" meaning in Catalan

See -s in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [s] [Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia]
Etymology: Inherited from Old Catalan -s, from Latin -os, -es (accusative plural). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ca|roa-oca|-s|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Catalan -s, {{inh+|ca|roa-oca|-s}} Inherited from Old Catalan -s, {{inh|ca|la|-os, -es|pos=accusative plural}} Latin -os, -es (accusative plural) Head templates: {{head|ca|suffix}} -s
  1. Used to form the regular plurals of most masculine nouns and adjectives. Tags: morpheme Coordinate_terms: -es
    Sense id: en--s-ca-suffix-wKpMl0Pa Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 39 entries, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "-s",
      "-s#Old_Catalan"
    ],
    [
      "-os",
      "-os#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-es",
      "-es#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "roa-oca",
        "3": "-s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old Catalan -s",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "roa-oca",
        "3": "-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old Catalan -s",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-os, -es",
        "pos": "accusative plural"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -os, -es (accusative plural)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Catalan -s, from Latin -os, -es (accusative plural).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-s",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Catalan",
  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 39 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "-es"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "cap + -s → caps"
        },
        {
          "text": "fred + -s → freds"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the regular plurals of most masculine nouns and adjectives."
      ],
      "id": "en--s-ca-suffix-wKpMl0Pa",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[s]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central",
        "Northern",
        "Northwestern",
        "Valencia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-s"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 39 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "-s",
      "-s#Old_Catalan"
    ],
    [
      "-os",
      "-os#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-es",
      "-es#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "roa-oca",
        "3": "-s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old Catalan -s",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "roa-oca",
        "3": "-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old Catalan -s",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-os, -es",
        "pos": "accusative plural"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -os, -es (accusative plural)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Catalan -s, from Latin -os, -es (accusative plural).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-s",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Catalan",
  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Catalan lemmas",
        "Catalan suffixes",
        "Catalan terms derived from Latin",
        "Catalan terms derived from Old Catalan",
        "Catalan terms inherited from Latin",
        "Catalan terms inherited from Old Catalan",
        "Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 39 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "-es"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "cap + -s → caps"
        },
        {
          "text": "fred + -s → freds"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the regular plurals of most masculine nouns and adjectives."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[s]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central",
        "Northern",
        "Northwestern",
        "Valencia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-s"
}

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