ea

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

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ea, e, æ, from Old English ēa (“river”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu (“waters, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Doublet of aqua.

Cognates:

Cognate with North Frisian ia (“river”), Saterland Frisian Äi (“river”), West Frisian ie (“water, stream”), Dutch aa (“water, stream”), German Ache (“water, stream, river, flood”), Danish å (“stream, creek”), Swedish å (“stream, creek”), Icelandic á (“stream, river”), Latin aqua (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː(ə)/
• Rhymes: -iː, -iːə

Noun

ea (plural eas)

1. (UK dialect or archaic) A river or watercourse.
   • 1866, Charles Kingsley, Hereward the Wake: Last of the English:

     And they rowed away for Crowland, by many a mere and many an ea; through narrow reaches of clear brown glassy water; between the dark-green alders; between the pale-green reeds; where the coot clanked, and the bittern boomed, and the sedge-bird, not content with its own sweet song, mocked the song of all the birds around; and then out into the broad lagoons, where hung motionless, high overhead, hawk beyond hawk, buzzard beyond buzzard, kite beyond kite, as far as eye could see.

Derived terms

• eddy

Related terms

• Eau
• eau
• yeo

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Determiner

ea

1. Alternative form of ea.

References

• “ea”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• -ae, -æ, A & E, A&E, AE, a**e, a.e., ae, æ

Aiwoo

Adjective

ea

1. bad, evil

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ia

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille. Compare Romanian ea.

Pronoun

ea f (plural eali)

1. (third-person feminine singular pronoun, nominative form) she

Synonyms

• nãsã/nãsa

Pronoun

ea f

1. (long/stressed accusative form) her

Related terms

• el/elu (masculine equivalent (third-person singular nominative))
• eali (feminine plural), elj (masculine or mixed plural)
• u (feminine singular accusative- short/unstressed form)
• (a) ljei (feminine singular genitive and feminine singular dative- long/stressed form)
• ãlj/ilj/lji (feminine singular dative- short/unstressed form)

See also

• io/iou, mini (first-person singular)
• tu, tini (second-person singular)
• noi (first-person plural)
• voi (second-person plural)
• nãsh, elj (third-person (masculine or mixed) plural)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ea/, [e̞.a]

Particle

ea

1. Used in indirect questions as an intensifier.

   Ea nork egin dituen etxeko lanak. ― Let's see who has done the homework.

2. Used to express one's desire; I hope, I wish

   Ea azkar sendatzen zaren. ― I hope you get well soon.

Usage notes

When using this particle, the verb takes the conjunction -n.

Further reading

• "ea" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “ea” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Estonian

Noun

ea

1. genitive singular of iga

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *eqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛjə]

Noun

ea

1. sovereignty, rule
2. air, breath, gas, vapor
3. life, life force

Verb

ea

1. (intransitive) to rise, go up
2. (intransitive) to smell

References

• “ea” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Irish

Alternative forms

• eadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ed (“it”). Ultimately akin to English it, Latin id, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/, (after ba) /ja/

Pronoun

ea

1. it

Usage notes

• Only used with the copula, in constructions that do not reference any noun.

Derived terms

• mar ea
• ní hea
• sea

See also

Irish personal pronouns

Number	Person (and gender)	Conjunctive (emphatic)	Disjunctive (emphatic)	Possessive determiner
Singular	First	mé (mise)		mo L m' before vowel sounds
	Second	tú (tusa)1	thú (thusa)	do L d' before vowel sounds
	Third masculine	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	a L
	Third feminine	sí (sise)	í (ise)	a H
	Third neuter	—	ea	—
Plural	First	muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne)		ár E
	Second	sibh (sibhse)1		bhur E
	Third	siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	a E

^L Triggers lenition ^E Triggers eclipsis ^H Triggers h-prothesis

¹ Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Korean

Alternative forms

• 개 (gae), and other unitary bound nouns (권, 자루, 켤레, etc)

Etymology

From English ea. (“whole piece”).

Symbol

ea

1. symbol of 개 (gae, “item, piece, general counter for objects”).

   총 10ea.

   5ea 정도.

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• ea: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈeä]
• ea: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛːä]
• eā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.aː/, [ˈeäː]
• eā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛːä]

Pronoun

ea

1. nominative feminine singular of is: "she", "it" (referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun) "this", "that" (likewise referring to feminine nouns)
2. nominative neuter plural of is: "they (things)"
3. accusative neuter plural of is: "them (things)"

Pronoun

eā f

1. ablative feminine singular of is

See also

Latin personal pronouns together with the possessive and reflexive pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative	Ablative	Possessive
Singular	First	—	ego	meī	mihi	mē		meus, -a, -um
	Second	—	tū	tuī	tibi	tē		tuus, -a, -um
	Reflexive third	—	—	suī	sibi	sē, sēsē		suus, -a, -um
	Third	Masculine	is	eius	eī	eum	eō	eius
		Feminine	ea			eam	eā
		Neuter	id			id	eō
Plural	First	—	nōs	nostrī, nostrum	nōbīs	nōs	nōbīs	noster, -tra, -trum
	Second	—	vōs	vestrī, vestrum	vōbīs	vōs	vōbīs	vester, -tra, -trum
	Reflexive third	—	—	suī	sibi	sē, sēsē		suus, -a, -um
	Third	Masculine	eī, iī	eōrum	eīs	eōs	eīs	eōrum
		Feminine	eae	eārum		eās		eārum
		Neuter	ea	eōrum		ea		eōrum

Etymology 2

Declined from is. It stands as if for eā viā ("this/that way"). Compare eō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.aː/, [ˈeäː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛːä]

Adverb

eā (not comparable)

1. there
2. that way
3. on that side

Derived terms

• eāpropter
• eātenus

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	quis, quī	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus	is, iste, istic	hic	ille, illic	quī	quisquis, quīcumque	ipse, īdem	alter, alius
dual	uter	alteruter, uterque				uter	utercumque
number	quot	aliquot	tot			quot	quotquot, quotcumque	totidem
order	quotus		totus			quotus	quotuscumque
quantity	quam	aliquam	tam			quam	†quamquam	†tamen, †tandem
size	quantus	aliquantus	tantus			quantus	quantuscumque	tantusdem
quality	quālis	aliquālis	tālis			quālis	quālis, quāliscumque
manner	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ita, sic, eō/istō modō	hōc modō	illō modō	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	item, itidem	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method, path, place	quā	aliquā, quāque	eā, istāc	hāc	illāc	quā	quāquā, quācumque	eādem	aliā
place	ubi	alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam	ibi, istic	hīc	illīc	ubi	ubiubi, ubicumque	ibidem	alibī, aliās
source	unde	alicunde, undeunde	inde, istinc	hinc	illinc	unde	undecumque	indidem	aliunde
destination	quō, quōrsum	aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	eō, istūc, °istōrsum	hūc, °hōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	quō	quōquō, quōcumque	eōdem	aliō, aliorsum
time	quandō	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam	tum, tunc	num, nunc	ōlim	cum, quandō	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	simul	aliās
exact time	quota hōra		ea/ista hōra	hac hōra	illa hōra	quota hōra	quotacumque hōra	eadem hōra	altera/alia hōra
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

References

• “ea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae terra gignit
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae e terra gignuntur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae a terra stirpibus continentur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea quorum stirpes terra continentur (N. D. 2. 10. 26)
    
  • eastern, western Germany: Germania quae or Germaniae ea pars quae, ad orientem, occidentem vergit
    
  • to be of such and such an age: ea aetate, id aetatis esse
    
  • this is our natural tendency, our destiny; nature compels us: ita (ea lege, ea condicione) nati sumus
    
  • all depends on this; this is the decisive point: in ea re omnia vertuntur
    
  • with the intention of..: eo consilio, ea mente, ut
    
  • on condition of..: ea lege, ut
    
  • what is your opinion: quid de ea re fieri placet?
    
  • (ambiguous) I blame this in you; I censure you for this: hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem)
    
  • (ambiguous) to happen to think of..: in eam cogitationem incidere
    
  • (ambiguous) to induce a person to think that..: aliquem ad eam cogitationem adducere ut
    
  • (ambiguous) to discuss a subject more fully on the same lines: plura in eam sententiam disputare
    
  • (ambiguous) peace is concluded on condition that..: pax convenit in eam condicionem, ut...
    
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Lindu

Adjective

ea

1. shy; ashamed

Middle English

Noun

ea

1. Alternative form of æ

Old English

Alternative forms

• ǣ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ͜ɑː/

Noun

ēa f (nominative plural ēa or ēan)

1. river
2. running water, stream

Declension

Declension of ea

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ēa	ēa, ēan
accusative	ēa	ēa, ēan
genitive	ēa, īe	ēa
dative	ēa, īe	ēam, ēaum

Descendants

• Middle English: æ, e, ea, ee, eo
  • English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo
• edēa (ed-)
  • Middle English: eddy
    • English: eddy

See also

• gārseċġ (“ocean”)
• mere (“lake”)
• sǣ (“sea”)
• strēam (“stream”)

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja/, (hypercorrect) /e̯a/
• Rhymes: -a

• Audio

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Pronoun

ea f (third-person singular, plural ele, masculine equivalent el)

1. (nominative form) she

Declension

Nominative
ea
Accusative
stressed		unstressed
ea		o
Genitive
ei
Singular		Plural
m & n	f	m	f & n
său	sa	săi	sale
Dative
stressed		unstressed
ei		îi
Reflexive
Accusative		Dative
stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
sine	se	sieși	își

Synonyms

• dumneaei (polite form)

Pronoun

ea f (stressed accusative form of ea)

1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") her

Related terms

• el (third-person masculine singular)
• ei (third-person masculine plural)
• ele (third-person feminine plural)

See also

Romanian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		eu	noi
2nd person	plain	tu	voi
	semi-polite	dumneata	dumneavoastră
	polite	dumneavoastră
3rd person familiar	m	el	ei
	f	ea	ele
3rd person polite	m	dumnealui	dumnealor
	f	dumneaei

References

• ea in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• gea (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• gie (Sursilvan)
• schi (Puter, Vallader)

Adverb

ea

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) yes (used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
• (Sursilvan) bein
• (Sutsilvan) bagn
• (Surmiran) gea bagn
• (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, hei, bainschi hei
• (Vallader) hai, bainschi hai

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈea/ [ˈe.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: e‧a

Interjection

¡ea!

1. come on!, come now! (expressing encouragement)
2. so, and so, now (expressing resolution, preceding a willful resolution)

Further reading

• “ea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪə̯/

Adverb

ea

1. (literary) ever, at any time

Further reading

• “ea”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011