-ia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ia"

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin -ia and Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia), which form abstract nouns of feminine gender.

Suffix

-ia f

  1. Used to form taxonomic names, especially to form genus names when appended to the name of a person, usually a scientist or a patron.

Derived terms

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English

Etymology 1

From Latin -ia and Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia), which form abstract nouns of feminine gender.

Suffix

-ia

  1. Used in forming names of countries, diseases, flowers, and rarely collections of things (such as militaria, deletia).
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From the endings of corresponding Latin and Ancient Greek plural nouns.

Suffix

-ia

  1. Used in forming plurals of nouns in -ium and -ion.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Finnish

Suffix

-ia (front vowel harmony variant -iä)

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.a/, [ˈiːä]
  • Stress: -ìa
  • Hyphenation: -ìa

Suffix

-ia f (plural -ie)

  1. Derives abstract nouns denoting a state or condition from adjectives or nouns
    allegro (“cheerful”, “happy”) + ‎-ia → ‎allegria (“joy”, “happiness”)
    tiranno (“tyrant”) + ‎-ia → ‎tirannia (“tyranny”)
  2. Derives abstract nouns denoting a collective group or a social condition
    compagno (“companion”) + ‎-ia → ‎compagnia (“company”)
    borghese (“bourgeois”) + ‎-ia → ‎borghesia (“bourgeoisie”)
  3. Added to ethnonyms to derive place names
    andaluso (“Andalusian”) + ‎-ia → ‎Andalusia (“Andalusia”)
  4. Used to derive technical and scientific terms, especially from Ancient Greek terms

Derived terms

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Latin

Etymology

Partially from Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) and -εια (-eia), but also the feminine form of -ius.

Suffix

-ia

  1. Used to form an abstract noun, usually from an adjective or a present participle stem.
    ignāvus + ‎-ia → ‎ignāvia
    dēmens + ‎-ia → ‎dēmentia
    opulentus + ‎-ia → ‎opulentia
    fācundus + ‎-ia → ‎fācundia
    mīles + ‎-ia → ‎mīlitia
    custōs + ‎-ia → ‎custōdia

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative -ia -iae
genitive -iae -iārum
dative -iae -iīs
accusative -iam -iās
ablative -iā -iīs
vocative -ia -iae

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ia f

  1. forms nouns, from adjectives, denoting states, conditions and qualities; -ness; -ity; -y; -hood
    alegre (“joyful”) + ‎-ia → ‎alegria (“joy”)
  2. (medicine) forms the names of medical conditions; -y; -ia
    acéfalo (“acephalous”) + ‎-ia → ‎acefalia (“acephaly”)
  3. forms the names of offices or jobs; -ship
    governador (“governor”) + ‎-ia → ‎governadoria (“the job or office of a governor”)
  4. forms placenames; -y; -ia
    Brasil (“Brazil”) + ‎-ia → ‎Brasília (“Brasilia”)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ia

  1. appended to the stem, forms the first-person singular and third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of 2nd and 3rd conjugation verbs
    comer (“to eat”) + ‎-ia → ‎comia (“I/he/she/it ate”)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-ia

  1. appended to the infinitive, forms the first-person singular and third-person singular conditional of verbs
    comer (“to eat”) + ‎-ia → ‎comeria (“I/he/she/it would eat”)

Spanish

Suffix

-ia f

  1. forms placenames; -y; -ia
    Brasil (“Brazil”) + ‎-ia → ‎Brasilia (“Brasilia”)

Swahili

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ia

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Usage notes

Used to form benefactive and aditive verbs from other verbs (either of Bantu or Arabic origin), e.g., lipa (pay) --> lipia (pay for); jibu (answer) --> jibia (answer to/for). This affix is subject to vowel harmony: verbs with root vowels /e/ and /o/ take -ea, e.g., soma (read) --> somea (read to/for s.o).

Derived terms

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