-ä
Finnish
Alternative forms
- (in words with back vowel harmony) -a
Etymology 1
Front vowel harmony form of the partitive case suffix -a.
Suffix
-ä (in words with front vowel harmony)
- (case suffix) Forms the partitive case of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.
Etymology 2
Front vowel harmony form of the verbal suffix -a.
Suffix
-ä
- (verbal suffix) Forms the short form of the first infinitive of verbs.
See also
- -tä
- -ttä
Slovak
Alternative forms
- -a
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ę.
Suffix
-ä n
- Forms nouns for young animals and other diminutives.
Declension
Declension of -ä
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ä | -ätá, -ence |
| genitive | -äťa | -ät, -eniec |
| dative | -äťu | -ätom, -encom |
| accusative | -ä | -ätá, -ence |
| locative | -äti | -ätoch, -encoch |
| instrumental | -äťou | -ätami, -encami |
Usage notes
- This suffix is used only after labio-dental and bilabial consonants; in other cases -a is used instead.
Volapük
Suffix
-ä
- Used to form conjunctions from prepositions.