-ada

-ada

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ada"

Basque

Etymology

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Suffix

-ada

1. Forming nouns expressing a hit or strike

   ‎bultzatu (“to jostle, to push”) + ‎-ada → ‎bultzada (“jostle, push”)

2. Forming nouns expressing an action

   ‎begiratu (“to look”) + ‎-ada → ‎begirada (“glance”)

Derived terms

Basque terms suffixed with -ada

Further reading

• “-ada” in Labayru Hiztegia

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin -ata.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈ-a.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈ-a.da/

Suffix

-ada f (plural -ades)

1. Forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs ending in -ar.

   ‎parlar (“to speak”) + ‎-ada → ‎parlada (“spoken”)

2. Forms nouns signifying a collective or large quantity.

   ‎gent (“people”) + ‎-ada → ‎gentada (“crowd”)

   ‎os (“bone”) + ‎-ada → ‎ossada (“skeleton”)

3. Forms nouns signifying the contents of

   ‎boca (“boca”) + ‎-ada → ‎bocada (“mouthful”)

   ‎cistell (“basket”) + ‎-ada → ‎cistellada (“basketful”)

4. Forms nouns signifying a hit or strike.

   ‎bastó (“stick”) + ‎-ada → ‎bastonada (“a hit with a stick”)

5. Forms nouns signifying an action characteristic of someone or something.

   ‎català (“Catalan”) + ‎-ada → ‎catalanada (“Catalanism”)

6. Forms nouns signifying the effect of a verb.

   ‎fiblar (“to sting”) + ‎-ada → ‎fiblada (“a sting”)

7. Forms nouns signifying a time period, especially in relation to another.

   ‎dia (“day”) + ‎-ada → ‎diada (“a specific day; a kind of day; holiday”)

   ‎calçot (“onion”) + ‎-ada → ‎calçotada (“the time when these onions are eaten”)

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ada

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈada]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: a‧da

Suffix

-ada

1. See -ad-

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese -ada, from Latin -ātam, accusative feminine of -ātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaðɐ]

Suffix

-ada f (plural -adas)

1. forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitive ends in -ar
2. forms nouns signifying a collective or large quantity

   ‎gaspallo (“chaff”) + ‎-ada → ‎gaspallada (“dead brushwood and leaves”)

   ‎rapaz (“boy”) + ‎-ada → ‎rapazada (“the young ones; a group of boys”)

   ‎trapallo (“rag, tatter”) + ‎-ada → ‎trapallada (“mess”)

3. forms nouns, from the names of containers, meaning “as much as can be held by the container”; -ful

   ‎lar (“hearth”) + ‎-ada → ‎larada (“hearthful”)

   ‎man (“hand”) + ‎-ada → ‎mada (“handful”)

4. forms nouns, from the names of food, meaning “a dish whose primary ingredient is that food”

   ‎lacón (“pork shoulder”) + ‎-ada → ‎lacoada (“dish made of pork shoulder, greens and potatoes”)

5. forms nouns, from nouns denoting objects, meaning “a strike or blow with the object”

   ‎cu (“butt”) + ‎-ada → ‎cuada (“pratfall”)

   ‎panca (“rod; lever”) + ‎-ada → ‎pancada (“blow with a staff, rod, etc”)

6. forms nouns, from verbs, denoting the action of the verb

   ‎chegar (“to arrive”) + ‎-ada → ‎chegada (“arrival”)

7. forms nouns, from the name of fruits, meaning “juice or jam made with that fruit”

   ‎marmelo (“quince”) + ‎-ada → ‎marmelada (“quince jam”)

8. feminine singular of -ado

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -ada

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Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English -ade, French -ade, Italian -ata, Portuguese -ada/Spanish -ada. Also found in Russian in words such as лимонад (limonad, “lemonade”) and оранжад (oranžad, “orangeade”). All ultimately from Latin -āta(m), feminine of -ātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈada/

Suffix

-ada

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a product; -ade

   ‎limon (“lemon”) + ‎-ada → ‎limonada (“lemonade”)

   ‎persica (“peach”) + ‎-ada → ‎persicada (“peachade”)

2. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a series; -ade

   ‎columna (“column”) + ‎-ada → ‎columnada (“colonade”)

   ‎fenestra (“window”) + ‎-ada → ‎fenestrada (“row of windows”)

Derived terms

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -ada not found

References

• Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

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Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• -ad, -ados

Etymology

See kadà (“when”). The -da is reminiscent of the Proto-Slavic particle *-de, as seen in *kъde.

Suffix

-adà

1. Produces adverbs of time

   ‎kas (“what”) + ‎-ada → ‎kada (“when”)

   ‎tas (“that”) + ‎-ada → ‎tada (“then”)

   ‎visas (“all”) + ‎-ada → ‎visada (“always”)

   ‎kitas (“other”) + ‎-ada → ‎kitados (“sometime”)

   ‎niekas (“nothing”) + ‎-ada → ‎niekada (“never”)

Derived terms

Lithuanian terms suffixed with -ada

Further reading

• Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, page 381
• Jānis Endzelīns (transl. W. R. Schmalstieg & B. Jēgers) (1971), “11. Adverbs § e. Adverbs from pronominal roots”, in Comparative phonology and morphology of the Baltic languages, De Gruyter, →ISBN, 431, page 262

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Polish

Etymology

From French -ade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.da/

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: a‧da

Suffix

-ada f

1. -ade, used to form nouns denoting action, or a person performing said action.

   ‎błazen + ‎-ada → ‎błazenada

Declension

Declension of -ada

	singular	plural
nominative	-ada	-ady
genitive	-ady	-ad
dative	-adzie	-adom
accusative	-adę	-ady
instrumental	-adą	-adami
locative	-adzie	-adach
vocative	-ado	-ady

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -ada

Further reading

• -ada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• -ada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese -ada, from Latin -ātam, accusative feminine of -ātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dɐ/ [ˈa.ðɐ]

Suffix

-ada f

1. forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitive ends in -ar

   ‎falar (“to speak”) + ‎-ada → ‎falada (“spoken”)

Suffix

-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -adas)

1. forms nouns, from nouns denoting objects, meaning “a strike or blow with the object”

   ‎cadeira (“chair”) + ‎-ada → ‎cadeirada (“blow with a chair”)

   ‎faca (“knife”) + ‎-ada → ‎facada (“knifing”)

   ‎cabo (“handle”) + ‎-ada → ‎cabada (“blow with a handle”)

2. forms nouns, from verbs, denoting the action of the verb

   ‎chegar (“to arrive”) + ‎-ada → ‎chegada (“arrival”)

   ‎largar (“to start running, in a race”) + ‎-ada → ‎largada (“the start of a race”)

3. forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection or excessive amount of the suffixed noun

   ‎dinheiro (“money”) + ‎-ada → ‎dinheirada (“a vast sum of money”)

   ‎bezerro (“calf”) + ‎-ada → ‎bezerrada (“herd of calves”)

4. forms nouns, from the names of containers, meaning “as much as can be held by the container”; -ful

   ‎colher (“spoon”) + ‎-ada → ‎colherada (“spoonful”)

   ‎xícara (“cup”) + ‎-ada → ‎xicarada (“cupful”)

5. forms nouns, from the names of food, meaning “a dish whose primary ingredient is that food”

   ‎feijão (“bean”) + ‎-ada → ‎feijoada (“feijoada”)

   ‎coalho (“curd”) + ‎-ada → ‎coalhada (“a dessert made of curd”)

6. forms nouns, from the name of fruits, meaning “juice or jam made with that fruit”

   ‎laranja (“orange”) + ‎-ada → ‎laranjada (“orange juice”)

   ‎marmelo (“quince”) + ‎-ada → ‎marmelada (“quince jam”)

7. feminine singular of -ado

Usage notes

Most words suffixed with -ada that indicate the action of a verb are always, or almost always, used in the form dar uma___ada.

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ada

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin -āta(m), feminine of -ātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈada/ [ˈa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: -a‧da

Suffix

-ada f (plural -adas)

1. Used to form words, derived from nouns, signifying a whole.

   ‎vaca (“cow”) + ‎-ada → ‎vacada (“herd”)

   ‎banda (“gang, band”) + ‎-ada → ‎bandada (“flock”)

2. Used to form words, derived from nouns, corresponding to -ful(as much as something will hold)

   ‎cuchara (“spoon”) + ‎-ada → ‎cucharada (“spoonful”)

   ‎boca (“mouth”) + ‎-ada → ‎bocanada (“mouthful”)

3. Used to form words indicating a period of time.

   ‎otoño (“autumn”) + ‎-ada → ‎otoñada (“autumn-time”)

   ‎verano (“summer”) + ‎-ada → ‎veranada (“summer-time”)

4. Used to form words, derived from nouns, indicating a blow with the named object

   ‎palma (“palm”) + ‎-ada → ‎palmada (“slap”)

   Synonym: -azo

5. Used to form words indicating action.

   ‎zanca (“leg”) + ‎-ada → ‎zancada (“stride”)

6. Used to form words indicating abundance or excess.

   ‎río (“river”) + ‎-ada → ‎riada (“flood”)

Suffix

-ada f sg

1. Used with a stem to form the feminine singular past participle of regular -ar verbs; feminine form of -ado.

   ‎abrogar (“to abrogate”) + ‎-ada → ‎abrogada (“abrogated, abolished”)

   ‎migrar (“to migrate”) + ‎-ada → ‎migrada (“migrated”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ada

Further reading

• “-ada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014