"-a" meaning in Basque

See -a in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: \a\
  1. Absolutif singulier de l'article défini : le, la.
    Sense id: fr--a-eu-suffix-Z8kE8knL Categories (other): Exemples en basque
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -ak [plural]
Categories (other): Suffixes en basque, Basque
{
  "attestations": [
    {
      "date": "XVe siècle"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Suffixes en basque",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Basque",
      "orig": "basque",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Basco-islandais",
      "lang_code": "basco-islandais",
      "word": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "hau",
      "hau#eu"
    ],
    [
      "-ok",
      "-ok#eu"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Attesté depuis les premiers grands textes, avec un usage grandissant avec le temps. Probablement issu d'un adjectif démonstratif clitique apparenté à hau : voir aussi -ok."
  ],
  "lang": "Basque",
  "lang_code": "eu",
  "notes": [
    "Cet article s'attache au dernier mot du groupe nominal, qui peut être un adjectif ou parfois un adverbe.",
    "Son usage est beaucoup plus large que l'article défini en français ou en espagnol, et il arrive qu'il se traduise par un article indéfini."
  ],
  "pos": "suffix",
  "pos_title": "Suffixe",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "-ak"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en basque",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "text": "etxea",
          "translation": "la maison — de etxe (« maison »)"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              3
            ],
            [
              7,
              8
            ],
            [
              14,
              15
            ],
            [
              17,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Emakumeak lorea badu.",
          "translation": "La femme a une fleur."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              3
            ],
            [
              7,
              8
            ],
            [
              13,
              14
            ],
            [
              16,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Emakumea lorea da.",
          "translation": "La femme est une fleur."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Absolutif singulier de l'article défini : le, la."
      ],
      "id": "fr--a-eu-suffix-Z8kE8knL"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\a\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "morpheme"
  ],
  "word": "-a"
}
{
  "attestations": [
    {
      "date": "XVe siècle"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Suffixes en basque",
    "basque"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Basco-islandais",
      "lang_code": "basco-islandais",
      "word": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "hau",
      "hau#eu"
    ],
    [
      "-ok",
      "-ok#eu"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Attesté depuis les premiers grands textes, avec un usage grandissant avec le temps. Probablement issu d'un adjectif démonstratif clitique apparenté à hau : voir aussi -ok."
  ],
  "lang": "Basque",
  "lang_code": "eu",
  "notes": [
    "Cet article s'attache au dernier mot du groupe nominal, qui peut être un adjectif ou parfois un adverbe.",
    "Son usage est beaucoup plus large que l'article défini en français ou en espagnol, et il arrive qu'il se traduise par un article indéfini."
  ],
  "pos": "suffix",
  "pos_title": "Suffixe",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "-ak"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en basque"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "text": "etxea",
          "translation": "la maison — de etxe (« maison »)"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              3
            ],
            [
              7,
              8
            ],
            [
              14,
              15
            ],
            [
              17,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Emakumeak lorea badu.",
          "translation": "La femme a une fleur."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              3
            ],
            [
              7,
              8
            ],
            [
              13,
              14
            ],
            [
              16,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Emakumea lorea da.",
          "translation": "La femme est une fleur."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Absolutif singulier de l'article défini : le, la."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\a\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "morpheme"
  ],
  "word": "-a"
}

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