-а
See also: а, а-, -a, and Appendix:Variations of "a"
Chuvash
Suffix
-а • (-a) (front vowel variant -е)
- Forms agent nouns: -er, -or
- пӑх (păh, “to look”) + -а (-a) → пӑха (păh̬a, “supervisor”)
- Forms instrument nouns by means of which the action is performed
- пӑр (păr, “to turn”) + -а (-a) → пӑра (păra, “drill”)
- Forms resultative nouns
- вит (vit, “to cover”) + -а (-a) → вите (vit̬e, “stable”)
- Forms nouns of location
- ҫарат (śarat, “to clear”) + -а (-a) → ҫарата (śarat̬a, “meadow”)
Suffix
-а • (-a) (front vowel variant -е)
- (non-productive) Forms diminutives
- ҫӳҫ (śüś, “hair”) + -а (-a) → ҫӳҫе (śüś̬e, “fringe”)
- мӑй (măj, “neck”) + -а (-a) → мӑя (măja, “necklace”)
Komi-Zyrian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-a/, [-ä]
Suffix
-а • (-a) (soft stem variant -я)
- Used to form nouns describing the quality of an adjective; -ness
- Used to form adjectives having a characteristic of a noun; -like, -ly
- Used to form postpositions measuring the preceding noun in the quality of an adjective; as ... as
Derived terms
Komi-Zyrian terms suffixed with -а
References
- Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 61
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ə]
Alternative forms
- -я (-ja) – used after a soft consonant
Suffix
-а • (-a)
- Noun-forming suffix used to form diminutives of proper names; used after a hard (unpalatalized) consonant.
Etymology 2
From early Proto-Slavic *-ja.
Alternative forms
- -а (-a) – non-iotating
Suffix
-а • (-a)
- Noun-forming suffix used to form abstract nouns and agent nouns from prefixed stems ending in a consonant that becomes a hushing consonant (ш ж ч щ) when iotated. The final consonant of the stem is iotated before this suffix.
- по- (po-) + клад- (klad-, “to lay, to put”) + -а (-a) → покла́жа (pokláža, “load”)
- пропа́д- (propád-, “to disappear”) + -а (-a) → пропа́жа (propáža, “disappearance, loss”)
- пред- (pred-, “before”) + тек- (tek-, “to flow”) + -а (-a) → предте́ча (predtéča, “forerunner, precursor”)
- переда́т- (peredát-, “to broadcast”) + -а (-a) → переда́ча (peredáča, “broadcast”)
Declension
Declension of -а (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -а -a | -и -i |
| genitive | -и -i | (no suffix) (no suffix) |
| dative | -е -e | -ам -am |
| accusative | -у -u | -и -i |
| instrumental | -ей, -ею -ej, -eju | -ами -ami |
| prepositional | -е -e | -ах -ax |
Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-a.
Alternative forms
- -а (-a) – iotating
Suffix
-а • (-a)
- Noun-forming suffix used to form abstract nouns and agent nouns from prefixed stems. The final consonant of the stem is not iotated before this suffix.
- про- (pro-) + сек- (sek-, “to cut”) + -а (-a) → про́сека (próseka, “path cleared in a forest”)
- от- (ot-) + рад (rad, “glad”) + -а (-a) → отра́да (otráda, “joy”)
Declension
Declension of -а (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -а -a | -ы -y |
| genitive | -ы -y | (no suffix) (no suffix) |
| dative | -е -e | -ам -am |
| accusative | -у -u | -ы -y |
| instrumental | -ой, -ою -oj, -oju | -ами -ami |
| prepositional | -е -e | -ах -ax |
Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -а
Serbo-Croatian
Suffix
-а (Latin spelling -a)
- 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 *-ōd, the thematic ablative ending.
Suffix
-а (Latin spelling -a)
- Forms the genitive singular of masculine and neuter nouns and indefinite adjectives.