-а

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ə]

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • -я (-ja) – used after a soft consonant

Suffix

-а • (-a)

  1. 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)

  1. 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”) → покла́жа (pokláža, “load”)
    пропа́д- (propád-, “to disappear”) → пропа́жа (propáža, “disappearance, loss”)
    пред- (pred-, “before”) + тек- (tek-, “to flow”) → предте́ча (predtéča, “forerunner, precursor”)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Slavic *-a.

Alternative forms

  • -а (-a) (iotating)

Suffix

-а • (-a)

  1. 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”) → про́сека (próseka, “path cleared in a forest”)
    от- (ot-) + рад (rad, “glad”) → отра́да (otráda, “joy”)

Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Suffix

-а (Latin spelling -a)

  1. 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)

  1. Forms the genitive singular of masculine and neuter nouns and indefinite adjectives.
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