"-a" meaning in Finnish

See -a in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: [front-vowel]
Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *-da (variant of *-ta, whence -ta), from the Proto-Uralic ablative case *-ta. Etymology templates: {{etymid|fi|partitive}}, {{inh|fi|urj-fin-pro|*-da}} Proto-Finnic *-da, {{inh|fi|urj-pro|-}} Proto-Uralic Head templates: {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-ä||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-A||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -a (front vowel harmony variant -ä, linguistic notation -A), {{fi-suffix|inflectional|var=ä}} -a (front vowel harmony variant -ä, linguistic notation -A)
  1. (case suffix) Forms the partitive case of nouns, adjectives, numbers and some pronouns. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-fi-suffix-GkjC9vF7 Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: (english: in words with front vowel harmony)
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: [front-vowel]
Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *-dak. Etymology templates: {{etymid|fi|verbal}}, {{inh|fi|urj-fin-pro|*-dak}} Proto-Finnic *-dak Head templates: {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-ä||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-A||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -a (front vowel harmony variant -ä, linguistic notation -A), {{fi-suffix|inflectional|var=ä}} -a (front vowel harmony variant -ä, linguistic notation -A)
  1. (verbal suffix) Forms the short form of the first infinitive of verbs. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -ta, -tta
    Sense id: en--a-fi-suffix-2aQvIltr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: (english: in words with front vowel harmony)
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -a meaning in Finnish (3.7kB)

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