"-a" meaning in Latin

See -a in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: \a\
Forms: -ă [singular, nominative], -ae [plural, nominative], -ă [singular, vocative], -ae [plural, vocative], -ăm [singular, accusative], -ās [plural, accusative], -ae [singular, genitive], -ārŭm [plural, genitive], -ae [singular, dative], -īs [plural, dative], -ā [singular, ablative], -īs [plural, ablative]
  1. Terminaison qui indique le cas nominatif du singulier d’un nom de la première déclinaison.
    Sense id: fr--a-la-suffix-gPk6AxDi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Suffix

IPA: \a\
  1. Terminaison du nominatif/vocatif/accusatif pluriel des substantifs neutres.
    Sense id: fr--a-la-suffix-mHlPN9wT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Suffixes en latin, Latin

Suffix

IPA: \aː\
  1. Terminaison qui indique le cas ablatif du singulier d’un nom de la première déclinaison.
    Sense id: fr--a-la-suffix-Avgu-Zi1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "En latin archaïque -ād, avec chute régulière du -d final. De l'indo-européen commun *-ōd, désinence thématique de l'ablatif singulier. De formation parallèle à l'ablatif de deuxième déclinaison -ō < -ōd."
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