-ava

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Italian

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.va/
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: -à‧va

Suffix

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-ava (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

  1. used with a stem to form the third-person imperfect of regular -are verbs

Latvian

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Etymology

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Suffix

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-ava

  1. Used to form nouns from verbs, sometimes from adjectives.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Old Czech

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ava f

  1. forms feminine nouns
    lakati + ‎-ava → ‎lakava
    křikati + ‎-ava → ‎křikava
    nadati + ‎-ava → ‎nadava
    naplaviti + ‎-ava → ‎náplava
    ohaviti + ‎-ava → ‎ohava

Derived terms

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin -ābam and Latin -ābat.

Suffix

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-ava (1st conj.)

  1. a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
    amar (to love) + ‎-ava → ‎amava ([I] used to love)
    cantar (to sing) + ‎-ava → ‎cantava ([I] used to sing)
  2. a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
    amar (to love) + ‎-ava → ‎amava ([he/she/it] used to love)
    cantar (to sing) + ‎-ava → ‎cantava ([he/she/it] used to sing)

Descendants

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  • Galician: -aba
  • Portuguese: -ava

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ava, from Latin -ābam and Latin -ābat. Compare Galician and Spanish -aba.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ava

  1. a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
    amar (to love) + ‎-ava → ‎amava ([I] used to love)
    cantar (to sing) + ‎-ava → ‎cantava ([I] used to sing)
  2. a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
    amar (to love) + ‎-ava → ‎amava ([he/she/it] used to love)
    cantar (to sing) + ‎-ava → ‎cantava ([he/she/it] used to sing)

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Suffix

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-ava (Cyrillic spelling -ава)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting the result of a verbal stem it's appended onto.

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Spanish

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Suffix

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-ava

  1. feminine singular of -avo