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Meaning of -a | Babel Free

Phrase

Definitions

  1. the; definite marker used for
    morpheme
  2. the singular of feminine nouns
    morpheme
  3. the definite singular of (strong) feminine nouns.
    morpheme
  4. the plural of neuter nouns (chiefly with unchanged plurals, but standard also when replacing -er)
    morpheme
  5. the definite plural of strong neuter nouns.
    morpheme
  6. the plural of masculine nouns
    dialectal, masculine, morpheme, noun, plural-of
  7. the dative singular case of strong masculine nouns.
    dialectal, morpheme
  8. -ed; marker of the past tense and past participle of class-1 weak verbs
    morpheme
  9. Used to form definite singular dative case of weak masculine and neuter nouns
    archaic, morpheme, nonstandard
  10. -ed, Used for:
    morpheme
  11. the past tense of a-verbs.
    morpheme
  12. the supines of a-verbs and some preterite-present verbs (e.g. har bada, kasta, kunna, skulla, vilja).
    morpheme
  13. the past participles of a-verbs.
    morpheme
  14. adjectives (e.g. grepa, heilhjarta).
    morpheme
  15. Used to form an infinitive form for most verbs. When using split infinitive, this only applies to a select group.
    morpheme
  16. Used to form singular indefinite feminine form of some pronouns and adjectives (e.g. inga, lita, noka etc.).
    morpheme
  17. Used as an ending of weak nouns and adjectives. Used for:
    morpheme
  18. the singular of weak feminine nouns, indefinite (non-standard since 2012) and definite forms.
    morpheme
  19. the singular of weak neuter nouns, indefinite and definite forms (e.g. auga, hjarta, øyra).
    morpheme
  20. adverbs ((pre-2012) alternative form of -e).
    dated, dialectal, morpheme
  21. the singular definite feminine and neuter forms of adjectives.
    archaic, dialectal, morpheme
  22. Used to form the feminine indefinite plural of adjectives.
    archaic, morpheme, nonstandard
  23. Used to form the genitive plural of nouns.
    archaic, morpheme, nonstandard

Examples

“(non-standard since 2012)”

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