ea

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːə/

Rhymes: -iːə

Etymology 1

From Middle English ea, e, æ, from Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Cognate with North Frisian ia (“river”), Saterland Frisian Äi (“river”), West Frisian ie (“water, stream”), Dutch aa (“water, stream”), German Ache (“water, stream, river, flood”), Swedish å (“stream, creek”), Icelandic á (“stream, river”), Latin aqua (“water”).

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

References

• “ea”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• -ae, -æ, A & E, A&E, AE, a**e, a.e., ae, æ

Adjective

ea

1. bad, evil

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Alternative forms

• ia

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille. Compare Daco-Romanian ea.

Pronoun

ea f (plural eali)

1. (third-person feminine singular pronoun, nominative form) she

Pronoun

ea f

1. (long/stressed accusative form) her

See also

• io/iou, mini (first-person singular)
• tu, tini (second-person singular)
• noi (first-person plural)
• voi (second-person plural)
• nãsh, elj (third-person (masculine or mixed) plural)

Noun

ea

1. sovereignty, rule
2. air, breath, gas, vapor
3. life, life force

Verb

ea

1. (intransitive) to rise, go up
2. (intransitive) to smell

Alternative forms

• eadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ed (“it”). Ultimately akin to English it, Latin id, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Pronoun

ea

1. it

Alternative forms

• 개 (gae), and other unitary bound nouns (권, 자루, 켤레, etc)

Etymology

From English ea. (“whole piece”)

Etymology

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.aː/

References

• ea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae terra gignit
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae e terra gignuntur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae a terra stirpibus continentur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea quorum stirpes terra continentur (N. D. 2. 10. 26)
    
  • eastern, western Germany: Germania quae or Germaniae ea pars quae, ad orientem, occidentem vergit
    
  • to be of such and such an age: ea aetate, id aetatis esse
    
  • this is our natural tendency, our destiny; nature compels us: ita (ea lege, ea condicione) nati sumus
    
  • all depends on this; this is the decisive point: in ea re omnia vertuntur
    
  • with the intention of..: eo consilio, ea mente, ut
    
  • on condition of..: ea lege, ut
    
  • what is your opinion: quid de ea re fieri placet?
    
  • (ambiguous) I blame this in you; I censure you for this: hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem)
    
  • (ambiguous) to happen to think of..: in eam cogitationem incidere
    
  • (ambiguous) to induce a person to think that..: aliquem ad eam cogitationem adducere ut
    
  • (ambiguous) to discuss a subject more fully on the same lines: plura in eam sententiam disputare
    
  • (ambiguous) peace is concluded on condition that..: pax convenit in eam condicionem, ut...
    
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Alternative forms

• æ
• e
• ee

Etymology

From Old English ēa, ǣ.

Noun

ea

1. Alternative form of æ

Alternative forms

• ǣ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Akin to Old Frisian ā, ē, Old Saxon aha, Old High German aha, awa, Gothic 𐌰𐍈𐌰 (aƕa, “river, waters”), Old Norse á.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æːɑ̯/

Noun

ēa f

1. water
2. running water, river, stream

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja/
• Rhymes: -a

Pronoun

ea f (third-person singular, plural ele)

1. (nominative form) she

Pronoun

ea f (stressed accusative form of ea)

1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") her

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
• (Sursilvan) gie
• (Puter, Vallader) schi

Adverb

ea

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) yes (used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)

Etymology

From Latin ēia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈea/

Interjection

ea

1. come on!, come now! (expressing encouragement)
2. so, and so, now (expressing resolution, preceding a willful resolution)

References

• “ea” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛ/

Adverb

ea

1. ever, at any time