-ia

See also ia, IA, ía, iå, i-a, and -ía

English

Etymology 1

From Latin -ia and Ancient Greek -ία, -εια (-ia), which form abstract nouns of feminine gender.

Suffix

-ia

1. Used in forming names of countries, diseases, flowers, and rarely collections of things (such as militaria, deletia).

Synonyms

• (collections of things): -ana, -ica

Etymology 2

From the endings of corresponding Latin and Ancient Greek plural nouns.

Suffix

-ia

1. Used in forming plurals of nouns in -ium and -ion.

Derived terms

[+] English words suffixed with -ia

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Latin

Suffix

-ia

1. Used to form an abstract noun of the first declension, usually from an adjective stem.

Synonyms

• -iēs

Derived terms

• audācia
• īnfantia
• malevolentia

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Swahili

Alternative forms

• -ea
• -lea
• -lia

Suffix

-ia

Usage notes

Used to form benefactive and aditive verbs from other verbs (either of Bantu or Arabic origin), e.g., lipa (pay) --> lipia (pay for); jibu (answer) --> jibia (answer to/for). This affix is subject to vowel harmony: verbs with root vowels /e/ and /o/ take -ea, e.g., soma (read) --> somea (read to/for s.o).