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Meaning of -e | Babel Free

Phrase

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting a young animal, plant, place name or is used as a collective noun.
  2. Suffix appended to the truncated stem (up to the second syllable) of a proper name to create a masculine or feminine hypocoristic.
  3. Suffix appended to the nominal stem to create vocative singular. Used for masculine and neuter a-stems.

Equivalents

Afrikaans -etjie -ie -jie -kie -pie -tjie
العربية ـَة
Български на
বাংলা -আ -ইনী -ঈ -এর -নী
Bosanski da hoš
Čeština -in -ův
Cymraeg -cyn -es -ig -os
Dansk -en -inde hos
Ελληνικά -ισσα της Του των
Esperanto -ino de
Español -eño -illa -illo -ita -ito de ita ito
Eesti -kene -lane
Gaeilge -an -éin -in -óg ban-
Galego -iño
עברית ־ה ־וש ־י ־ית ־לה אצל של
हिन्दी -नी का की के
Magyar -ek -en -ne
Հայերեն
Bahasa Indonesia -ena
Italiano ^ -e -ella -ello -ene -essa -etta -etto -ina -ino ° a da di o
日本語
ខ្មែរ នៃ
한국어
Latina -issa -trix
ລາວ ຂອງ
Bahasa Melayu milik
မြန်မာဘာသာ
Polski -en -ka -owa -owy -szy
Português -a -e -eno -esa -inho de
Română -aș -easă -el -iță -șor -uș -uț
Shqip -éshë
Svenska -a -en -formig -ig -inna -is -s -ska
ไทย ของ
Türkçe -iş
اردو کا کی کے
Tiếng Việt cua

Examples

“Katarína + -e → Káte”
“Màrija + -e → Máre”
“Jȕrāj + -e → Júre”
“Màtija + -e → Máte”
“vȗk + -e → vȗče (vocative singular)”

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