English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?/, /?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?/, /?/

Suffix

-a

1. plural of -um
2. plural of -on

Usage notes

• Whereas the regular pluralization in English involves adding -s or -es, English words derived from a Latin/Greek etymon where the Latin/Greek would pluralize from -on (Greek) or -um (Latin) to -a do not always do so. Usage of -a instead of -s differs between words: sometimes the two are interchangeable (e.g. memorandums/memoranda, polyhedrons/polyhedra), sometimes one is far more common than the other (e.g. neurons over neura, automata over automatons), and sometimes one is completely absent from usage (e.g. bacteria over bacteriums, dendrons over dendra)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) in the context of a Northern English accent: IPA^(key): /æ/
• (General American) in the context of an African-American Vernacular or other non-rhotic North American dialects: IPA^(key): /?/

Suffix

-a

1. (Northern England) 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. (African-American Vernacular English and other non-rhotic North American dialects) Used to replace -er in nouns.

   gangsta -- "gangster"

   brotha -- "brother"

See also

• -z

Etymology 3

Representing the nominative singular case ending of Latin first-declension feminine nouns.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?, IPA^(key): /?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?/

Suffix

-a (plural -ae or -æ)

1. Marks singular nouns, with a foundation in Greek or Latin, often implying femininity, especially when contrasted with words terminating in -us.

   Synonyms: -ess, -ette, -rix, she-

Derived terms

• incuba

Etymology 4

From Latin -a.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?/

Suffix

-a

1. Changes an element or substance into an oxide.

   magnesia

Etymology 5

Shortened version of verb have.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?/

Suffix

-a

1. (slang) Alternative form of 've

   who'da thunk it?

   shoulda, coulda, woulda

Etymology 6

Representing Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish feminine nouns.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?/

Suffix

-a

1. Marks nouns, with a foundation in Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese, implying femininity.

Etymology 7

Added to lines of poetry and verse to maintain metrics.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?/

Suffix

-a

1. Added for metrical reasons to poetry and verse

Etymology 8

Shortened version of preposition of.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?/

Suffix

-a

1. (slang) clitic form of o' (contraction of of)

   lotta, loadsa, cuppa, kinda, sorta

   • 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, page 31:

     "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."

Etymology 9

Shortened version of verb to.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?/

Suffix

-a

1. (informal) to (infinitive marker)

   oughta, wanna, gotta, gonna

References

• "-a" in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ->ISBN, page 1.

• "-a" in Christine A. Lindberg, editor, The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, 2002, ->ISBN, page 1.

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a]

Etymology

Related to Albanian e ("of, the, to") and -e.

Article

-a f

1. feminine singular nominative suffixed definite article: the

   ‎ditë ("day") + ‎-a -> ‎dita ("the day")

   ‎natë ("night") + ‎-a -> ‎nata ("the night")

Related terms

• (suffixed article, suffix): -e, -ë, -i, -o, -u, -ia, -ja, -je, -jë, -at, -et, -ët, -it, -ot, -ut, -të, -ri, -ishte, -ishtja
• (article, preposition): e, i, së, të

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ['a]

Suffix

-a

1. Forms agent nouns.

   ‎radit + ‎-a -> ‎rada

2. Forms nouns referring to results of processes.

   ‎naladit + ‎-a -> ‎nálada

Derived terms

Further reading

• -a in Slovník afix? u?ívaných v ?e?tin?, 2017

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Dutch

Suffix

-a

1. Plural form of -um

   Synonym: -ums

2. feminine equivalent of -us

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Esperanto

Etymology

From feminine singular adjectives (and nouns) of the Romance languages, such as French ma, Italian mia, Spanish mía, fría.

Suffix

-a

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

   ‎belo ("beauty") + ‎-a -> ‎bela ("beautiful")

   ‎dekstro ("the right direction (as opposed to left)") + ‎-a -> ‎dekstra ("to the right")

   ‎vero ("truth") + ‎-a -> ‎vera ("true")

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

   ‎mi ("I; me") + ‎-a -> ‎mia ("of me, my")

   ‎vi ("you") + ‎-a -> ‎via ("of you, your")

   ‎ili ("they; them") + ‎-a -> ‎ilia ("of them, their")

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

   ‎ki- + ‎-a -> ‎kia ("what kind of")

   ‎ti- + ‎-a -> ‎tia ("that kind of")

   ‎neni- + ‎-a -> ‎nenia ("no kind of")

Derived terms

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• -ä (in words with front vowel harmony)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-da, from the Proto-Uralic ablative case *-ta. A variant form *-ta (whence Finnish -ta) was used after a syllable with secondary stress (suffixal gradation).

Suffix

-a (front vowel harmony variant -ä)

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

Usage notes

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *-dak. Historically, a form of a lative suffix.

Suffix

-a (front vowel harmony variant -ä)

1. (verbal suffix) Forms the short form of the first infinitive of verbs.

Usage notes

• The first infinitive, short form, is the citation form of verbs.

See also

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French

Suffix

-a

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

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?]

• Audio

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Etymology 1

Suffix

-a

1. (possessive suffix) his, her, its, -'s, of (third-person singular, single possession)

   ház ("house") -> a háza ("his/her/its house")

   ház ("house") -> Anna háza ("Anna's house")

   ház ("house") -> a felkel? nap háza ("the house of the rising sun")

2. (possessive suffix, after a plural possessor) -s', of...-s (third-person plural, single possession)

   ház ("house") -> a szüleim háza ("my parents' house")

   ház ("house") -> a trópusi növények háza ("the house of tropical plants" [literally, "the tropical plants' house"])

3. (with time expressions, referring to a point in time) ago

   Egy évszázada ment el. - S/he left one century ago.

   Synonym: -val/-vel ezel?tt (e.g. egy évszázaddal ezel?tt ["-val" assimilated to "-dal"])

4. (with time expressions, referring to a duration of time preceding the point of time in question) for

   Egy évszázada várunk rád. - We have been waiting for you for a century.

Usage notes

• (possessive suffix) Variants:

  -a is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant

  -e is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ja is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant or a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-; final -o changes to -ó-.

  -je is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant or a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-; final -ö changes to -?-.

  • This suffix (in all forms) is normally used for the third-person singular possessive (single possession) but, after an explicit plural possessor, it also expresses the third-person plural possessive (single possession), e.g. "the children's ball" (a gyerekek labdája). If the possessor is implicit (not named, only marked by a suffix), the plural possessive suffix must be used, e.g. "their ball" (a labdájuk, see -juk and its variants).

Declension

See also

• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes

Etymology 2

Suffix

-a

1. (personal suffix, archaic) Used to form an archaic past tense, in third-person singular, indefinite conjugation, for back-vowel verbs. The front-vowel version is -e. The suffix currently used in this place is -t, -tt, or -ott. For the full paradigm, see the usage template.

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Icelandic

Suffix

-a

1. Used to form verbs from nouns.

   ‎spark ("a kick") + ‎-a -> ‎sparka ("to kick")

   ‎mjólk ("milk") + ‎-a -> ‎mjólka ("to milk")

   ‎von ("hope") + ‎-a -> ‎vona ("to hope")

   ‎ávarp ("an address") + ‎-a -> ‎ávarpa ("to address")

   ‎rit ("a writ") + ‎-a -> ‎rita ("to write")

   ‎rass ("an ass") + ‎-a -> ‎rassa ("to spank (on the ass)")

2. Used to form adverbs from adjectives.

   ‎illur ("bad") + ‎-a -> ‎illa ("badly")

Derived terms

See also

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Ido

Suffix

-a

1. suffix denoting adjective.

   ‎arjento ("silver (noun)") + ‎-a -> ‎arjenta ("silver (adjective)")

Derived terms

Usage notes

One may elide the final a of the adjectives, but with the condition not to produce accumulation from the consonants. One advise to use the elision mainly with the derivatived adjectives and particularly when they finish with -al-(a).^[1]

References

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Irish

Suffix

-a

1. plural ending of certain nouns
2. plural ending of adjectives in the nominative, vocative, dative, and strong genitive cases
3. genitive singular ending of third-declension nouns

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Italian

Suffix

-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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Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *-?, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh? (forming in this case masculine nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a/

Suffix

-a f or m (genitive -ae); first declension

2. suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms (usually masculine) agent nouns

   ‎adveni? + ‎-a -> ‎advena

   ‎caed? + ‎-a -> ‎-c?da

   ‎col? + ‎-a -> ‎-cola

   ‎c?nferve? + ‎-a -> ‎c?nferva f

   ‎c?nsolid? + ‎-a -> ‎c?nsolida f

   ‎scr?b? + ‎-a -> ‎scr?ba

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms masculine agent nouns): -?¹

Derived terms

References

• "-a¹" on page 1/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968-82)

Etymology 2

From Old Latin -?d, originally the ablative feminine singular form of first-declension adjectives (compare -us, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a:/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a/

Suffix

-? (not comparable)

2. suffixed chiefly to the stems of adjectives terminating in -ter, forms adverbs which are frequently also used as prepositions

   cis + -? -> citr?

   exter + -? -> extr?

   in- + -ter + -? -> intr?

   uls + -? -> ultr?

Derived terms

References

• "-?²" on page 1/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968-82)

Etymology 3

Declined forms of -us (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• -a: (Classical) IPA^(key): /a/
• -a: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a/
• -?: (Classical) IPA^(key): /a:/
• -?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a/

Suffix

-a

1. inflection of -us:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Suffix

-?

1. ablative feminine singular of -us

Etymology 4

A conjugated form of -?³ (suffix forming verbs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a:/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a/

Suffix

-?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of -?

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Latvian

Suffix

-a

1. Used to derive feminine nouns from masculine nouns (like English -ess).

   Synonym: -e

Derived terms

Related terms

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Maltese

Alternative forms

• -ja (used after -i, -j; also another ending of different origin)
• -wa (used after -u, -w)

Etymology

From Arabic ?‎ (-a(h)), reinforced by Sicilian and Italian -a, which are unrelated but used similarly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/
• Homophone: -ha (distinct after -h, -?, -g?; may also trigger different stem alternations)

Suffix

-a

1. Used to form the feminine forms of most nouns and adjectives.
2. Used to form the plurals of some nouns and adjectives.
3. Used to form singulatives from collective nouns. (For simplicity, singulatives may be treated as the bases whence the collectives are formed by deleting -a.)

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *-ëk. Cognate with Finnish -e.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-a (with odd-syllable stems -at)

1. Forms nouns from verbs, indicating something used for performing the verb.

   ‎loavdit ("to cover the tent") + ‎-a -> ‎loavdda ("tent cloth")

2. Forms nouns from verbs, indicating something that results from having the verb's action performed.

   ‎?állit ("to write") + ‎-a -> ‎?ála ("writing")

Usage notes

This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable in the nominative singular and essive, and the strong grade in the other forms.

Inflection

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Suffix

-a

1. Used to form infinitive form of most verbs
2. Used to form imperative form of many weak verbs
3. Used to form past tense form of many weak verbs
4. Used to form past participle of many weak verbs
5. Used for every singular and plural form of the adjectives formed from participle forms of many verbs
6. Used to form singular indefinite feminine form of some pronouns and adjectives
7. Used to form singular definite form of feminine nouns
8. Used to form plural definite form of neuter nouns
9. Used to form singular indefinite and definite form of weak neuter nouns
10. (non-standard since 2012) Used to form singular indefinite form of weak feminine nouns
11. (archaic)(nonstandard) Used to form dative case of singular definite weak masculine and neuter nouns
12. (archaic)(nonstandard) Used to form singular definite and plural indefinite feminine form of adjectives

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *-ô.

Alternative forms

• -o

Suffix

-a

1. Ending forming adverbs

   ‎hwær + ‎-a -> ‎hw?ra ("where")

   ?il?co - similarly

   ‎singal ("continuous") + ‎-a -> ‎singala ("continually, constantly")

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *-ô. Cognate with Old High German -o.

Suffix

-a

1. nominative masculine n-stem ending

   nama - name

   ;

   sc?a - shadow

3. used to form masculine agents from verbs

   ‎huntian ("to hunt") + ‎-a -> ‎hunta ("hunter")

   ‎etan ("to eat") + ‎-a -> ‎?ta ("eater")

   ‎?iefan ("to give") + ‎-a -> ‎?iefa ("giver")

   ‎b?odan ("to announce") + ‎-a -> ‎boda ("bode")

   ‎witan ("to know") + ‎-a -> ‎wita ("wise man")

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: -e

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• -at, -t

Suffix

-a

1. indicates negation; does not

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *-?n?.

Suffix

-a

1. Creates denominative verbs from nouns
2. Creates factitive verbs from adjectives

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

• Icelandic: -a
• Faroese: -a
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Nynorsk: -e

  Norwegian Nynorsk: -a

• Swedish: -a
• Danish: -e

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *-ê and *-ô.

Suffix

-a

1. Used to make adverbs from adjectives

   gjarn -> gjarna

Etymology 4

From Proto-Germanic *-? or *-ô.

Suffix

-a f or n

1. Occurs in the nominative singular of feminine on-stem nouns
2. Occurs in the singular of neuter an-stem nouns

Declension

Etymology 5

Different noun forms.

Suffix

-a

1. indefinite genitive plural (of nouns)
2. inflection of -i (masculine an-stem nouns):
   1. indefinite oblique singular
   2. indefinite accusative plural
3. indefinite accusative plural of -r (masculine a-stem nouns)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/, IPA^(key): /?/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese -a, from Latin -am, accusative singular of -a.

Suffix

-a f

1. forms feminine nouns and adjectives

   ‎Uruguai ("Uruguay") + ‎-a -> ‎uruguaia ("woman from Uruguay")

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese -a, from Latin -at.

Suffix

-a

1. forms the third-person singular present indicative of verbs ending in -ar

   João fala português.

   John speaks Portuguese.

Etymology 3

From Old Portuguese -a, from Latin -?.

Suffix

-a

1. forms the second-person singular affirmative imperative of verbs ending in -ar

   João, conta-nos o seu apelido.

   John, tell us your last name.

Etymology 4

Suffix

-a

1. forms the first-person singular present subjunctive of verbs ending in -er and -ir

   É importante que eu coma carne.

   It is important that I eat meat.

2. forms the third-person singular present subjunctive of verbs ending in -er and -ir

   É importante que ele coma carne.

   It is important that he eat meat.

3. forms the third-person singular affirmative imperative of verbs ending in -er and -ir

   Ei você aí, coma carne.

   Hey you there, eat meat.

4. forms the third-person singular negative imperative of verbs ending in -er and -ir

   Ei você aí, não coma carne.

   Hey you there, don't eat meat.

Usage notes

The third-person imperative isn't used with third person pronouns, it's used with você, which is a second-person pronoun but always takes third-person conjugation.

Etymology 5

Suffix

-a

1. (slang) used in the end of shortenings

   ‎vestibular + ‎-a -> ‎vestiba ("university admittance test")

   ‎vagabundo + ‎-a -> ‎vagaba ("loafer")

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• -ua (used for feminine nouns ending in a stressed vowel or diphthong)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Etymology 1

From Latin illa, nominative feminine singular of ille.

Suffix

-a f

1. (definite article) the (feminine singular, nominative and accusative)

Usage notes

This form of the definite article is used for feminine nouns in the nominative and accusative cases which end in -? or in an unstressed vowel:

• mama, from mam?, fem.
• na?iunea, from na?iune, fem.
• floarea, from floare, fem.

The suffix is also used with feminine adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases to make the articulated definite form, often for emphasis, and it is used before the noun it modifies:

• buna fat?, from fata bun? (both meaning "the good girl")
• întinsa câmpie, from câmpia întins? (both meaning "the wide/extensive plain")

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin -?re, the ending of the present active infinitive form of first conjugation verbs. Cognate with Spanish -ar, French -er, Italian -are, etc.

Suffix

-a

1. A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.

Related terms

• -e
• -ea
• -i
• -î

See also

• -re

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Suffix

-a (Cyrillic spelling -?)

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *-a, from Proto-Indo-European *-?d, the thematic ablative ending.

Suffix

-a (Cyrillic spelling -?)

1. Forms the genitive singular of masculine and neuter nouns and indefinite adjectives.

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Slovak

Alternative forms

• -ä

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-?.

Suffix

-a n

1. Forms nouns for young animals and other diminutives.

Declension

Usage notes

• After labio-dental and bilabial consonants -ä is used instead.

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin -a.

Suffix

-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"

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin -at, the third-person singular present active indicative ending of first conjugation verbs.

Suffix

-a

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

   hablar; habla -- "to talk; talks"

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Latin -eam, Latin -am, and Latin -iam the first-person singular present active subjunctive endings of second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs, respectively; and from Latin -eat, Latin -at, and Latin -iat, the third-person singular present active subjunctive ending of second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs, respectively.

Suffix

-a

1. (Used to form the first and third-person singular (also used with usted) singular present subjunctive mood of -er and -ir verbs, also used for the imperative mood of usted.)

   comer; aunque yo coma -- "to eat; even if I ate"; salir; por favor, salga Ud. -- "to leave; please leave (formal)"

Derived terms

Etymology 4

From Latin -?, the second-person singular present active imperative ending of first conjugation verbs.

Suffix

-a

1. Used to form the second-person singular imperative mood of -ar verbs.

   ‎hablar ("to talk") + ‎-a -> ‎¡Habla! ("Talk!")

Derived terms

• habla

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse -a, from Proto-Germanic *-?n?.

Suffix

-a

1. (on a positive adjective) Suffix to mark that the corresponding noun is either in plural or in definite singular form.
2. Marker of definiteness for noun plurals ending in -n (fourth declension).

   ‎läten ("sounds") + ‎-a -> ‎lätena ("the sounds")

3. A verb-building suffix that can be added to noun or adjectives.

   ‎disk ("dishes") + ‎-a -> ‎diska ("do the dishes")

   ‎mjölk ("milk") + ‎-a -> ‎mjölka ("to milk")

   ‎öl ("beer") + ‎-a -> ‎öla ("to drink beer")

4. Create a noun from a numeral.

   ‎tre ("three") + ‎-a -> ‎trea ("a bronze medalist; a three-room apartment", literally "a three")

Usage notes

On adjectives 

Traditionally, if the noun is in definite singular form it should not refer to a male human, if it uses the suffix -a. If it refers to such a person, the suffix should instead be -e, but one should note that this rule is not universally adhered to - in particular dialects of northern Sweden does not recognize the -e suffix at all, but use -a in all instances.

Conjugation

For weak verbs with a voiceless ending stem

For weak verbs with a voiced ending stem

Derived terms

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Turkish

Alternative forms

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

Suffix

-a (in words with back vowel harmony)

1. Used to form the dative case.

   ?stanbul'a -- "to Istanbul"

   Ankara'ya -- "to Ankara"

   ?zmir'e -- "to Izmir"

   babas?na -- "to his father"

2. Used to form gerunds.

   yürüye -- "by walking"

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Volapük

Suffix

-a

1. A morpheme used to mark the genitive singular of a word (such as a noun, adjective or pronoun). It is also the most common morpheme used in creating innumerable compound words, some of which can be very long (e.g., pledadinaselidöp "toy store, toy shop", tanoganilamedin "antibiotic", taglumaladälamedin "anti-depressant", natrinakarbatazüd telik "bicarbonate of soda").

   Elaf Tyrannosaurus rex älifon in taledadil, kel nu binon dil Nolüda-Meropa.

   Tyrannosaurus rex lived in an area of the earth, which is now a part of North America.

   Buks binons stumem lärnazilana (/ lärnazilanastumem / stumem lärnazilanik).

   Books are a scholar's tools.

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• (colloquial first-person singular future): -af

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Suffix

-a

1. (literary) verb suffix for the third-person singular present indicative/future
2. (literary) verb suffix for the second-person singular present imperative
3. (colloquial) verb suffix for the first-person singular future
4. (colloquial) verb suffix for the second-person singular present imperative

Derived terms