Meaning of -a | Babel Free

Definitions

1. forms verbs from nouns
   morpheme
2. infinitive ending of most verbs
   morpheme
3. indefinite nominative singular of -a f (most weak feminine nouns)
   feminine, morpheme
4. female humans
   feminine, morpheme
5. indefinite nominative/accusative/dative/genitive singular of -a n (all weak neuter nouns)
   accusative, dative, form-of, genitive, indefinite, morpheme, neuter, nominative, singular
6. indefinite nominative/accusative/dative/genitive singular of -a m (very few weak masculine nouns)
   accusative, dative, form-of, genitive, indefinite, masculine, morpheme, nominative, singular
7. adverbial ending
   morpheme
8. forms indeclinable adjectives from various bases
   morpheme
9. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular of -i m (all weak masculine nouns)
   accusative, dative, form-of, genitive, indefinite, morpheme, singular
10. forms verbs from adjectives
    morpheme
11. inchoative
    morpheme
12. third-person plural present indicative of -a (most verbs)
    form-of, indicative, morpheme, plural, present, third-person
13. female given names
    feminine, morpheme
14. used to form adverbs from adjectives, especially of adjectives in -legur
    morpheme
15. indefinite accusative plural of -i m (most weak masculine nouns)
    accusative, form-of, indefinite, morpheme, plural
16. indefinite accusative singular feminine
    accusative, feminine, form-of, indefinite, morpheme, singular
17. factitive
    morpheme
18. names of animals
    feminine, morpheme
19. used to form some adverbs from nouns
    morpheme
20. indefinite genitive plural (of most nouns)
    morpheme
21. indefinite accusative plural masculine
    accusative, form-of, indefinite, masculine, morpheme, plural
22. first-person singular present indicative
    first-person, form-of, indicative, morpheme, present, singular
23. other nouns, among which many adapted loanwords
    feminine, morpheme
24. definite accusative/dative/genitive singular masculine
    accusative, dative, definite, form-of, genitive, masculine, morpheme, singular
25. second-person singular short imperative
    form-of, morpheme
26. forms nouns from various bases
    feminine, morpheme
27. definite nominative singular feminine
    definite, feminine, form-of, morpheme, nominative, singular
28. forms hypocorisms or short forms of female names
    feminine, morpheme
29. definite nominative/accusative/dative/genitive singular neuter
    accusative, dative, definite, form-of, genitive, morpheme, neuter, nominative, singular
30. forms short forms of nouns for female people and some other nouns
    feminine, morpheme
31. forms names of languages from adjectives
    feminine, morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“spark (“a kick”) + -a → sparka (“to kick”)”

“mjólk (“milk”) + -a → mjólka (“to milk”)”

“von (“hope”) + -a → vona (“to hope”)”

“ávarp (“an address”) + -a → ávarpa (“to address”)”

“rit (“a writ”) + -a → rita (“to write”)”

“rass (“an ass”) + -a → rassa (“to spank (on the ass)”)”

“bólginn (“swollen”) + -a → bólgna (“to swell”), literally “to become swollen””

“vakinn (“awake”) + -a → vakna (“to awaken”), literally “to become awake””

“mikill (“great”) + -a → mikla (eitthvað) fyrir sér (“to make a mountain out of a molehill”), literally “to make (something) big for oneself””

“sýna (“to show”); hrjóta (“to snore”); þora (“to dare”)”

“sýna (“to show”) + -a → sýna (“(they) show”)”

“hrjóta (“to snore”) + -a → hrjóta (“(they) snore”)”

“baka (“to bake”) + -a → baka (“(I) show; show!”)”

“kalla (“to call”) + -a → kalla (“(I) call; call!”)”

“kona (“woman”); stelpa (“girl”); frænka (“female relative”)”

“ás m (“god”) + -a → Ása”

“-freyja f (“lady”) + -a → Freyja”

“lóa (“golden plover”); rjúpa (“ptarmigan”); leðurblaka (“bat”)”

“Middle Low German taske + -a → taska (“bag”)”

“Danish oliven + -a → ólíva (“olive”)”

“fljúga (“to fly”, verb) + -a → fluga (“fly”)”

“villur (“lost”, adjective) + -a → villa (“mistake”)”

“Sigriður + -a → Sigga”

“Þórunn + -a → Þóra”

“stjúpmóðir (“stepmother”) + -a → stjúpa”

“vinkona (“female friend”) + -a → vina”

“lögreglumaður m (“police officer”) + -a → lögga f (“cop”) (both gender neutral)”

“íslenskur (“Icelandic”) + -a → íslenska (“Icelandic language”)”

“franskur (“French”) + -a → franska (“French language”)”

“auga (“eye”); hjarta (“heart”); eista (“testicle”)”

“herra (“Mr”, title); séra (“Reverend”, title)”

“snemma (“early”); bara (“only”): varla (“barely”)”

“illur (“bad”) + -a → illa (“badly”)”

“víður (“wide”) + -a → víða (“far and wide”)”

“fallegur (“beautiful”) + -a → fallega (“beautifully”)”

“heima n (“home”) + -a → heima (“at home”)”

“býsn n pl (“wonder”) + -a → býsna (“very”)”

“sam- (“same”) + mál (“speech”) + -a → sammála (“agreed”)”

“ein- (“one”) + man n (“slaves”) + -a → einmana (“lonely”)”

“hissa (“surprised”); forviða (“astonished”)”

“gluggi m (“window”) + -a → glugga”

“sími m (“telephone”) + -a → síma”

“taug f (“nerve”) + -a → tauga (“of nerves”)”

“skóli m (“school”) + -a → skóla (“of schools”)”

“barn n (“child”) + -a → barna (“of children”)”

“hægur (“slow”) + -a → hæga”

“grænn (“green”) + -a → græna”

“grár (“grey”) + -a → gráa”

“laus (“loose, free”) + -a → lausa”

CEFR level