-sa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sa"

Irish

Alternative forms

• -se (used after palatalized consonants and front vowels)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠə/

Suffix

-sa

1. emphatic suffix of the following persons; used after velarized consonants and back vowels:
   1. first-person singular
   2. second-person singular
   3. third-person singular feminine
   4. second-person plural

Usage notes

Spelled with a hyphen after -s, otherwise without a hyphen.

• Added to nouns (or adjectives modifying a noun) in the presence of the possessive adjective to emphasize the possessor rather than the thing possessed:

  mo chos-sa ― my foot

  do charr deargsa ― your sg red car

• Added to pronouns (both simple and prepositional) to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun):

  aistise ― out of her

  sibhse ― you pl

• Added to synthetic verb forms to add emphasis to the subject:

  cloisimse ― I hear

  chloisteása ― you sg used to hear

  chualabhairse ― you pl heard

Derived terms

► Irish words suffixed with -sa

Related terms

• -ne
• -se

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Japanese

Romanization

-sa

1. Rōmaji transcription of さ

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Latin

Suffix

-sa

1. nominative feminine singular of -sus
2. nominative neuter plural of -sus
3. accusative neuter plural of -sus
4. vocative feminine singular of -sus
5. vocative neuter plural of -sus

1. ablative feminine singular of -sus

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• -se (slender form)
• -so

Suffix

-sa

1. emphatic first-person singular suffix

Usage notes

Added to nouns to emphasize a first-person singular possessor, to verbs to emphasize a first-person singular subject, and to inflected prepositions to emphasize a first-person singular object:

• Bíuu-sa oc irbáig dar far cenn-si fri Maccidóndu.

  I (emph.) am boasting about you to the Macedonians.

The alternative form -se is used after slender consonants and front vowels.

Related terms

• -so
• -som
• -si
• -ni

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Quechua

Suffix

-sa

1. Alternative spelling of -chka

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• -se (slender form)

Suffix

-sa

1. -self (emphatic)

Usage notes

• Added to prepositional pronouns (ending in a broad consonant) to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun):
  • Used in first-person singular: (e.g., agamsa).
  • Used in second-person singular: (e.g., ortsa).

Derived terms

► Scottish Gaelic words suffixed with -sa

See also

• -ne
• -san

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Somali

Suffix

-sa

1. Usually placed at the end of verbs containing questions

   maxa samay-sa? - what do you do?