Feminine
-ina
Meaning
- (feminine, morpheme) inflectional suffix used to form diminutives of feminine nouns
- (feminine, morpheme) used to form the feminine of masculine nouns and given names
- (feminine, morpheme) used to form collective numerals
- (feminine, morpheme) used to derive nouns denoting a profession
- (feminine, morpheme) used to derive nouns denoting an ethnic or geographical origin
- (feminine, morpheme) used to derive adjectives denoting composition, color or other qualities
Hyphenated as
-ì‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈi.na/
Etymology
From Latin -īna.
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