-ea

See also: ea, Ea, EA, êa, ea., E/A, éa-, ę-ą, and -eä

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-ëda, from Proto-Uralic *-(e)ta.

Suffix

-ea (front vowel harmony variant -eä, linguistic notation -eA)

A suffix for making adjectives from some nouns and verbs.
‎kalpa- + ‎-ea → ‎kalpea (“pale”)

‎pyörä (“wheel”) + ‎-ea → ‎pyöreä (“round”)

Declension

Inflection of -ea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
nominative		-ea	-eat
genitive		-ean	-eiden -eitten
partitive		-eaa -eata	-eita
illative		-eaan	-eisiin -eihin
		singular	plural
nominative		-ea	-eat
accusative	nom.	-ea	-eat
accusative	gen.	-ean	-eat
genitive		-ean	-eiden -eitten -eain ^rare
partitive		-eaa -eata	-eita
inessive		-eassa	-eissa
elative		-easta	-eista
illative		-eaan	-eisiin -eihin
adessive		-ealla	-eilla
ablative		-ealta	-eilta
allative		-ealle	-eille
essive		-eana	-eina
translative		-eaksi	-eiksi
abessive		-eatta	-eitta
instructive		—	-ein
comitative		—	-eine

Possessive forms of -ea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)

Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		-eani	-eani
accusative	nom.	-eani	-eani
accusative	gen.	-eani	-eani
genitive		-eani	-eideni -eitteni -eaini ^rare
partitive		-eaani -eatani	-eitani
inessive		-eassani	-eissani
elative		-eastani	-eistani
illative		-eaani	-eisiini -eihini
adessive		-eallani	-eillani
ablative		-ealtani	-eiltani
allative		-ealleni	-eilleni
essive		-eanani	-einani
translative		-eakseni	-eikseni
abessive		-eattani	-eittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	-eineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		-easi	-easi
accusative	nom.	-easi	-easi
accusative	gen.	-easi	-easi
genitive		-easi	-eidesi -eittesi -eaisi ^rare
partitive		-eaasi -eatasi	-eitasi
inessive		-eassasi	-eissasi
elative		-eastasi	-eistasi
illative		-eaasi	-eisiisi -eihisi
adessive		-eallasi	-eillasi
ablative		-ealtasi	-eiltasi
allative		-eallesi	-eillesi
essive		-eanasi	-einasi
translative		-eaksesi	-eiksesi
abessive		-eattasi	-eittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	-einesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		-eamme	-eamme
accusative	nom.	-eamme	-eamme
accusative	gen.	-eamme	-eamme
genitive		-eamme	-eidemme -eittemme -eaimme ^rare
partitive		-eaamme -eatamme	-eitamme
inessive		-eassamme	-eissamme
elative		-eastamme	-eistamme
illative		-eaamme	-eisiimme -eihimme
adessive		-eallamme	-eillamme
ablative		-ealtamme	-eiltamme
allative		-eallemme	-eillemme
essive		-eanamme	-einamme
translative		-eaksemme	-eiksemme
abessive		-eattamme	-eittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	-einemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		-eanne	-eanne
accusative	nom.	-eanne	-eanne
accusative	gen.	-eanne	-eanne
genitive		-eanne	-eidenne -eittenne -eainne ^rare
partitive		-eaanne -eatanne	-eitanne
inessive		-eassanne	-eissanne
elative		-eastanne	-eistanne
illative		-eaanne	-eisiinne -eihinne
adessive		-eallanne	-eillanne
ablative		-ealtanne	-eiltanne
allative		-eallenne	-eillenne
essive		-eananne	-einanne
translative		-eaksenne	-eiksenne
abessive		-eattanne	-eittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	-einenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		-eansa	-eansa
accusative	nom.	-eansa	-eansa
accusative	gen.	-eansa	-eansa
genitive		-eansa	-eidensa -eittensa -eainsa ^rare
partitive		-eataan -eaansa -eatansa	-eitaan -eitansa
inessive		-eassaan -eassansa	-eissaan -eissansa
elative		-eastaan -eastansa	-eistaan -eistansa
illative		-eaansa	-eisiinsa -eihinsa
adessive		-eallaan -eallansa	-eillaan -eillansa
ablative		-ealtaan -ealtansa	-eiltaan -eiltansa
allative		-ealleen -eallensa	-eilleen -eillensa
essive		-eanaan -eanansa	-einaan -einansa
translative		-eakseen -eaksensa	-eikseen -eiksensa
abessive		-eattaan -eattansa	-eittaan -eittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	-eineen -einensa

Alternative forms

-ee (mainly Tavastian and Savonian)
-ia (mainly Ostrobothnian, Peräpohja and southeastern)

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ea.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈea/

Suffix

-ea

having the color of
‎oranjo (“orange (fruit)”) + ‎-ea → ‎oranjea (“orange (color)”)

Derived terms

Ido terms suffixed with -ea

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [e.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.ä]

Suffix

-ea

inflection of -eus:
1. nominative/ablative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Suffix

-ēa

feminine nominative singular of -εῖος (-eîos), in Latinized Greek

Romanian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin -ēre, the ending of the present active infinitive form of second conjugation verbs. Cognate with Spanish -er, Italian -ere, etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e̯a/

Suffix

-ea

A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.

Conjugation

conjugation of -ea (second conjugation, past participle in -ut)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a -ea
gerund			-ând
past participle			-ut
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	-	-i	-e	-em	-eți	-
	imperfect	-eam	-eai	-ea	-eam	-eați	-eau
	simple perfect	-ui	-uși	-u	-urăm	-urăți	-ură
	pluperfect	-usem	-useși	-use	-userăm	-userăți	-useră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
subjunctive	present	să -	să -i	să -ă	să -em	să -eți	să -ă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		-e			-eți
	negative		nu -ea			nu -eți