-ea
See also: ea, Ea, EA, êa, ea., E/A, éa-, ę-ą, and -eä
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-eda, from Proto-Uralic *-(e)ta.
Suffix
-ea (front vowel harmony variant -eä)
- A suffix for making adjectives from some nouns and verbs.
- kalpa- + -ea -> kalpea (“pale”)
- pyörä (“wheel”) + -eä -> pyöreä (“round”)
Declension
| Inflection of -ea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ea | -eat | |
| genitive | -ean | -eiden -eitten | |
| partitive | -eaa -eata | -eita | |
| illative | -eaan | -eisiin -eihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -ea | -eat | |
| accusative | nom. | -ea | -eat |
| gen. | -ean | ||
| genitive | -ean | -eiden -eitten -eainrare | |
| partitive | -eaa -eata | -eita | |
| inessive | -eassa | -eissa | |
| elative | -easta | -eista | |
| illative | -eaan | -eisiin -eihin | |
| adessive | -ealla | -eilla | |
| ablative | -ealta | -eilta | |
| allative | -ealle | -eille | |
| essive | -eana | -eina | |
| translative | -eaksi | -eiksi | |
| instructive | — | -ein | |
| abessive | -eatta | -eitta | |
| comitative | — | -eine | |
| Possessive forms of -ea (type korkea) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | -eani | -eamme |
| 2nd person | -easi | -eanne |
| 3rd person | -eansa | |
Alternative forms
- -ee (mainly Tavastian and Savonian)
- -ia (mainly Ostrobothnian, Peräpohja and southeastern)
Derived terms
Finnish terms suffixed with -ea
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -ea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈea/
Suffix
-ea
- having the color of
- oranjo (“orange (fruit)”) + -ea → oranjea (“orange (color)”)
Derived terms
Ido terms suffixed with -ea
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e.a/, [eä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.a/, [eä]
Suffix
-ea
- inflection of -eus:
- nominative/ablative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Latin -ēre, the ending of the present active infinitive form of second conjugation verbs. Cognate with Spanish -er, Italian -ere, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e̯a/
Suffix
-ea
- A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.
Conjugation
conjugation of -ea (second conjugation, past participle in -ut)
| infinitive | a -ea | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | -ând | ||||||
| past participle | -ut | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | - | -i | -e | -em | -eți | - | |
| imperfect | -eam | -eai | -ea | -eam | -eați | -eau | |
| simple perfect | -ui | -uși | -u | -urăm | -urăți | -ură | |
| pluperfect | -usem | -useși | -use | -userăm | -userăți | -useră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să - | să -i | să -ă | să -em | să -eți | să -ă | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | -e | -eți | |||||
| negative | nu -ea | nu -eți | |||||
Related terms
- -a
- -e
- -i
- -î
See also
- -re
Etymology 2
From Latin -ella.
Suffix
-ea f (plural -ele, masculine -el, masculine plural -ei)
- Used to form the feminine diminutive of a word
Declension
Declension of -ea
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) -ea | -eaua | (niște) -ele | -elele |
| genitive/dative | (unei) -ele | -elei | (unor) -ele | -elelor |
| vocative | -ea | -elelor | ||
Derived terms
Romanian terms suffixed with -ea
Related terms
- -el
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈea/ [ˈe.a]
- Rhymes: -ea
- Syllabification: -e‧a
Suffix
-ea
- Suffix indicating the present indicative tense of regular -ear verbs.
- female equivalent of -eo.
Further reading
- “-eo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014