"-ia" meaning in Latin

See -ia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Partially from Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā), -ία (-ía) and -εια (-eia), and so ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂. This suffix may also represent a substantivization of the feminine form of -ius. Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|-ίᾱ}} Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā), {{m|grc|-ία}} -ία (-ía), {{m|grc|-εια}} -εια (-eia), {{der|la|ine-pro|*-h₂|*-i-eh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂, {{m|la|-ius}} -ius Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-ia<1>}} Forms: -iae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ia [nominative, singular], -iae [nominative, plural], -iae [genitive, singular], -iārum [genitive, plural], -iae [dative, singular], -iīs [dative, plural], -iam [accusative, singular], -iās [accusative, plural], -iā [ablative, singular], -iīs [ablative, plural], -ia [singular, vocative], -iae [plural, vocative]
  1. Used to form a first declension feminine abstract noun, usually from an adjective ending in -us, or (rarely in later Latin) one ending in -ius, or from a present participle stem, and occasionally from a root noun. Tags: declension-1, feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ia-la-suffix-E0dyRaav Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 85 7 8 Disambiguation of Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension: 91 9
  2. Used to form country names Tags: declension-1, feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ia-la-suffix-2iZHtjnC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -iēs
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form|head=-ia}} -ia
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of -s Tags: accusative, form-of, morpheme, neuter, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: -s
    Sense id: en--ia-la-suffix-N16R1x8i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for -ia meaning in Latin (5.8kB)

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          "type": "example"
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          "type": "example"
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        {
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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.