"-a" meaning in Old English

See -a in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ɑ/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *-ō, from Proto-Germanic *-ô. Cognate with Old High German -o. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*-ō}} Proto-West Germanic *-ō, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*-ô}} Proto-Germanic *-ô, {{cog|goh|-o}} Old High German -o Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|cat2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} -a, {{ang-suffix|g=m}} -a Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|-an}}, {{ang-decl-noun|-ana|-anan|-anan|-anan|-anan|-anena|-anan|-anum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: weak [table-tags], -ana [nominative, singular], -anan [nominative, plural], -anan [accusative, singular], -anan [accusative, plural], -anan [genitive, singular], -anena [genitive, plural], -anan [dative, singular], -anum [dative, plural]
  1. nominative masculine n-stem ending Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-ang-suffix-IV34E4eR Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 24 31 33 13
  2. used to form the nominative singular n-stem (weak) adjective and subsequent nominalised form Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-ang-suffix-u12PnNGo Categories (other): Old English links with redundant wikilinks, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 24 31 33 13
  3. used to form masculine agents, usually from verbs Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -end, -ere
    Sense id: en--a-ang-suffix-ang:agent_noun Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 24 31 33 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ɑ/
Etymology: table From Proto-West Germanic *-ō, from Proto-Germanic *-ô. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ang|agent noun}} table, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*-ō}} Proto-West Germanic *-ō, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*-ô}} Proto-Germanic *-ô Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|cat2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} -a, {{ang-suffix}} -a
  1. Ending forming adverbs Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-ang-suffix-SJtGnyG2 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 24 31 33 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for -a meaning in Old English (5.2kB)

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          "english": "squirrel",
          "text": "ācweorna",
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          "text": "fola",
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          "english": "dragon",
          "text": "draca",
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          "english": "door hinge",
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          "type": "example"
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