-a

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Suffix 1.1.2.1 Derived terms 1.1.2.2 See also 1.1.2.3 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Suffix 1.2.2.1 See also 2 Croatian 2.1 Suffix 3 Dutch 3.1 Suffix 3.1.1 Synonyms 4 Esperanto 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Suffix 4.2.1 Derived terms 5 Finnish 5.1 Alternative forms 5.2 Etymology 5.3 Suffix 5.3.1 Usage notes 5.3.2 See also 6 French 6.1 Suffix 7 Icelandic 7.1 Suffix 7.1.1 Derived terms 7.1.2 See also 8 Italian 8.1 Suffix 9 Latin 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Suffix 10 Spanish 10.1 Suffix 10.1.1 Derived terms 11 Swedish 11.1 Suffix 12 Turkish 12.1 Alternative forms 12.2 Suffix

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[edit] Etymology 1

From the homographic case endings of the nominative, accusative, and vocative forms of numerous Latin neuter second declension nouns.

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• (UK) IPA: /—a/, IPA: /—ə/

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-a (plural)

1. Plural form of -um.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Possibly due to the propensity in some non-rhotic dialects to pronounce words ending in -er as if they ended in an -a.

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• (UK) IPA: /—æ/

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-a

1. (Geordie) Same as -er in Standard English.

   me fatha was a corka burna doon the shipyard — “My father was a corker burner at the shipyard.”

2. (slang) Used to replace -er in nouns.

   gangsta — “gangster”

   brotha — “brother”

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• -z

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[edit] Croatian

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-a

1. Suffix appended to words (usually verbal stems) to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a relation or to form a proper noun.

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[edit] Dutch

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-a (plural)

1. Plural form of -um.

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• -ums

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Etymology

From adjective and possessive suffixes of French ma, Italian mia, Spanish mía, fría.

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-a

1. Related to, in the manner of, of. (Ending for all adjectives in Esperanto.)

   belo; bela — “beauty; beautiful”

   dekstro; dekstra — “the right direction (as opposed to left); to the right”

   vero; vera — “truth; true”

2. Belonging to, of. (Ending for all possessive pronouns in Esperanto.)

   mia — “of me, my”

   via — “of you, your”

   ilia — “of them, their”

3. -kind of. (Ending of all correlatives of kind in Esperanto.)

   kia — “what kind of”

   tia — “that kind of”

   nenia — “no kind of”

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[edit] Finnish

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• (in words with front vowel harmony) -ä

[edit] Etymology

Originally the so-called weak suffixal gradation form of the partitive suffix -ta (/ða/ or /ðæ/).

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-a (in words with back vowel harmony)

1. (case suffix) Forms the partitive case of nouns, adjectives and some pronouns.

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• This suffix is used after a short vowel or the plural marker -j-.

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• -ta
• -tta

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-a

1. Suffix indicating the third-person singular past historic of -er verbs.

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-a

1. Used to form verbs from nouns.

   spark → sparka — a kick → to kick

   mjólk → mjólka — milk → to milk

   von → vona — hope → to hope

   ávarp → ávarpa — an address → to address

   rit → rita — a writ → to write

   rass → rassa — an ass → to spank (on the ass)

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• -ingi
• -ari
• Template:is a

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[edit] Italian

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-a

1. Used, with a stem, to form the third person singular present tense of -are verbs.
2. Used, with a stem, to form the second person singular imperative of -are verbs.
3. Used, with a stem, to form the first person singular, second person singular and third person singular present subjunctive of -ere verbs, and of those -ire verbs that do not insert "isc".
4. Used, with a stem, to form the third person singular imperative of -ere verbs, and of those -ire verbs that do not insert "isc".

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[edit] Latin

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• IPA: /—a/

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-a (plural)

1. Plural form of -um.

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-a

1. -ess. (Used to form feminine singular nouns.)

   señor; señora — “gentleman; lady”

   camarero; camarera — “waitor; waitress”

2. (Used to form the feminine singular adjectives.)

   frío; fría — “cold; cold”

3. -s. (Used to form the third person singular (also used with usted) present indicative mood of regular -ar verbs.)

   hablar; habla — “to talk; talks”

4. (Used to form the first and third person singular (also used with usted) singular subjunctive mood of -er and -ir verbs.)

   comer; aunque yo coma — “to eat; even if I ate”

5. (Used to form the second person singular imperative mood of -ar verbs.)

   hablar; ¡Habla! — “to talk; Talk!”

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-a

1. (after an absolute adjective) indicates that the corresponding noun is either in plural, or that it is definite form, of non-masculine gender.
2. Marker of definiteness for noun plurals ending in -n (fourth declension).
3. läten;, lätena; "sounds; the sounds"
4. Used to create new verbs from a noun, in the infinitive.

   disk;, att diska — “dishes; to do the dishes”

   Lås; att låsa en dörr — “lock; to lock a door”

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[edit] Turkish

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• (after a vowel) -ya, -ye
• (after a possessive, dative only) -na, -ne
• (in words with front vowel harmony) -e

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-a (in words with back vowel harmony)

1. Used to form the dative case.

   İstanbul’a — “to Istanbul”

   Ankara’ya — “to Ankara”

   İzmir’e — “to Izmir”

   babasına — “to his father”

2. Used to form gerunds.

   yürüye — “by walking”