Contionary:-a

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See also: a

Grekelin

Pronunciation (IPA)

  • IPA: (Standard Grekelin) /a/, [ɑ]
  • IPA: (South Slavic Grekelin) [ɑ]
  • 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

  1. Used to form first declension nouns, declined like "gnudzsa".
  1. Used to form agent nouns on certain weak verbs
    darao (To perform an action, intervene) > darata (Action, combat)