-aja
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editUncertain, possibly related to -aj.
Suffix
edit-aja (Cyrillic spelling -аја)
- Suffix appended to nouns, adjectives or verbs to create a feminine noun.
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- Babić, Stjepan (2002), Tvorba riječi u hrvatskome književnome jeziku, 3rd revised edition, Zagreb: HAZU, page(s) 357, § 1150
- Maretić, Tomo (1963) Gramatika hrvatskoga ili srpskoga književnog jezika, 3rd edition, Zagreb: Matica hrvatska, § 320.g), § 342.i), pages 307, 341
- Skok, Petar (1971) “-āj”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 16
Spanish
editPronunciation
editSuffix
edit-aja f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ajas)
- Alternative form of -ajo
Usage notes
edit- Used especially after feminine nouns. Compare -aja.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “-ajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Serbo-Croatian terms with unknown etymologies
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian suffixes
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/axa
- Rhymes:Spanish/axa/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish suffixes
- Spanish noun-forming suffixes
- Spanish countable suffixes
- Spanish feminine suffixes
- Spanish pejorative suffixes
- Spanish diminutive suffixes