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[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Kathyrian suffixes]] [[Category:Kathyrian morphemes]] | [[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Kathyrian suffixes]] [[Category:Kathyrian morphemes]] | ||
==Grekelin== | |||
===Pronunciation (IPA)=== | |||
* [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: (Standard Grekelin) /a/, [ɑ] | |||
* [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: (South Slavic Grekelin) [ɑ] | |||
* [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: (North Slavic Grekelin) [a] | |||
===Etymology=== | |||
A fusion of Medieval Greek ''-ος'' (-os) and ''-ας'' (as), with the loss of final -s during the early stages and the raising of ''o'' > ''a'' in most dialects, ultimately inherited from Proto-Indo-European ''*-os'' and cognate with Latin ''-us'', Icelandic ''-ur'' and Italian ''-o''. | |||
===Suffix=== | |||
'''-a''' | |||
# Used to form first declension nouns, declined like "gnudzsa". | |||
# Used to form agent nouns on certain weak verbs | |||
#: ''darao'' (To perform an action, intervene) > ''darata'' (Action, combat) | |||
[[Category:Grekelin lemmas]] | |||
[[Category:Grekelin words]] | |||
[[Category:Grekelin words inherited from Greek]] | |||
[[Category:Grekelin suffixes]] | |||
Revision as of 00:41, 4 January 2025
See also: a
Kathyrian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
IPA: [ə]
Suffix
-a
- forms the indefinite singular form of nouns
Usage notes
As with all other affixes associated with nouns, -a implicitly nominalizes the root.
Grekelin
Pronunciation (IPA)
Etymology
A fusion of Medieval Greek -ος (-os) and -ας (as), with the loss of final -s during the early stages and the raising of o > a in most dialects, ultimately inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-os and cognate with Latin -us, Icelandic -ur and Italian -o.
Suffix
-a
- Used to form first declension nouns, declined like "gnudzsa".
- Used to form agent nouns on certain weak verbs
- darao (To perform an action, intervene) > darata (Action, combat)