Meaning of -а | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Forms the genitive singular of most masculine and neuter nouns.
   morpheme
2. Suffix added to adjectives to produce adverbs
   morpheme
3. Forms the count form of some nouns.
   morpheme

Examples

“па- (pa-, “across, along”) + грані́ца (hraníca, “border”) + -а (-a) → паграні́чча (pahraníčča, “region along the border”)”

“за- (za-) + ці́хі (cíxi, “quiet, still”) + -а (-a) → заці́шша (zacíšša, “lull, calm”)”

“без- (bjez-, “without”) + даро́га (daróha, “path”) + -а (-a) → бездаро́жжа (bjezdaróžža, “impassibility”)”

“па- (pa-) + ве́цер (vjécjer, “wind”) + -а (-a) → паве́тра (pavjétra, “air”)”

“дом (dom, “building”) + -а (-a) → до́ма (dóma, “of a/the building, a/the building's”)”

“крыло́ (kryló, “wing”) + -а (-a) → крыла́ (krylá, “of a/the wing, a/the wing's”)”

“ху́ткі (xútki, “quick”) + -а (-a) → ху́тка (xútka, “quickly”)”

“да́ўні (dáwni, “old”) + -а (-a) → даўно́ (dawnó, “long time ago”)”

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