-á

See also: á, á-, -à, -â, -ä, -ã, -ă, -ǎ, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aː]

Etymology 1

Suffix

-á

1. (archaic personal suffix) Formed the third-person singular indicative past definite, for back-vowel verbs. For the full paradigm, see the usage template.

   Synonym: (modern form) -ta

   Coordinate term: (for front-vowel verbs) -é

   Látá az embereket. ― He/she saw the people.

Etymology 2

See -a.

Suffix

-á

1. Combining form of -a (possessive suffix) before most case suffixes, except that of the essive-formal.

   ‎lába (“his/her/its foot/leg”) + ‎-n → ‎lábán (“on his/her/its foot/leg”)

Ngam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa˧/

Suffix

-á

1. (pronominal suffix) of (used with a noun)

   M-āw gātɨ̄-á tɨ̀ kānjɨ̄-á

   I went to sell fish

References

• Keegan, John (2014). The Eastern Sara Languages. Ceunca, Spain: Morkeg Books. p. 223.

Phalura

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-á/

Suffix

-á

1. Plural suffix (with a-declension nouns)

References

• Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-á/

Suffix

-á

1. Causative (valence-increasing) suffix

References

• Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-á/

Suffix

-á

1. Oblique case suffix (with a-declension nouns)

References

• Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• -à (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa/

• Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from a, third-person singular present indicative of aver (“to have”), corresponding to modern há.

Suffix

-á

1. forms the third-person singular future indicative form of verbs

   ‎comer (“to eat”) + ‎-á → ‎comerá (“(he/she/it) will eat”)

Etymology 2

Suffix

-á

1. Apocopic form of -ar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
2. (Brazil, proscribed) Alternative form of -ar in any position