-ae

See also: -æ and Appendix:Variations of "ae"

English

Alternative forms

• -æ

Etymology

Representing the nominative plural case endings belonging to Latin first-declension feminine nouns.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) enPR: -ē, -ī, -ā, IPA^(key): /-iː/, /-aɪ/, /-eɪ/

Suffix

-ae

1. plural of -a

Usage notes

• Although both ‐æ and ‐ae are normally used as plural forms in English, they are occasionally used as singular forms within the dative case or genitive case. Notably in the phrase ‘lapsus linguae’.

Derived terms

Category:English irregular plurals ending in "-ae"

Anagrams

• EA, Ea, ea, ea.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ae̯/, [äe̯]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e/, [ɛː]

Etymology 1

Declined forms of -us (suffix forming adjectives).

Suffix

-ae

1. inflection of -us:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine plural
   2. genitive/dative feminine singular

Etymology 2

Declined forms of -a (suffix forming masculine agent nouns).

Suffix

-ae m

1. inflection of -a:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive/dative singular

Portuguese

Suffix

-ae

1. Obsolete spelling of -ai

Teanu

Etymology

From earlier *kel, from Proto-Oceanic *keli, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *keli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ae/

Verb

-ae

1. to dig, hollow out

References

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry ~ae.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry ~ae.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.