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Table of contents
1 Esperanto

1.1 Suffix

2 Finnish

2.1 Etymology
2.2 Case suffix

2.2.1 Usage

2.3 See also

3 Swedish

3.1 Adjectives
3.2 Verbs

3.2.1 Examples

Esperanto

Suffix

-a

  1. Adjectival suffix. All Esperanto adjectives end in -a.

Finnish

Etymology

Originally so-called weak suffixal gradation form of the partitive suffix -ta, /ða/ or /ðæ/.

Case suffix

-a (in words with back vowel harmony)

-ä (in words with front vowel harmony)

  1. Suffix for the partitive case.

Usage

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

See also

Swedish

Adjectives

The ending -a after an adjective (absolute) indicates that the corresponding noun is either in plural, or that it is definte form, sexus non-masculinum


Verbs

The ending -a is very often used to create new verbs, tempus infinitive.

Examples


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WordNet Definitions

The noun "a" has seven senses:

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