-ava
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ava"
Italian edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ava (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the third-person imperfect of regular -are verbs
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
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Suffix edit
-ava
- Used to form nouns from verbs, sometimes from adjectives.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin -ābam and Latin -ābat.
Suffix edit
-ava (1st conj.)
- a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
- a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ava, from Latin -ābam and Latin -ābat. Compare Galician and Spanish -aba.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -avɐ
Suffix edit
-ava
- a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
- a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
See also edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix edit
-ava (Cyrillic spelling -ава)
- Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting the result of a verbal stem it's appended onto.
See also edit
Spanish edit
Suffix edit
-ava