-a

Meaning

1. (feminine, form-of, morpheme, nominative, singular, vocative) inflection of -us:
2. (accusative, form-of, morpheme, neuter, nominative, plural, vocative) inflection of -us:
3. (accusative, form-of, morpheme, neuter, nominative, plural, vocative) nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of -s

Concepts

iron

nonprecious

Synonyms

-um

Translations

ijzeren

de hierro

demirden yapılmış

turp gibi

pikten yapılmış

Pronounced as (IPA)

[a]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *-ā, from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ (suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender). For the use to form masculine agent nouns from verb roots, compare Latin poeta from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).