ea

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

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ee, ea, 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 a (“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: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

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

Äiwoo

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, number 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/ [e.a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ea, -a
• Hyphenation: e‧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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “ea”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Estonian

Noun

ea

1. genitive singular of iga

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *eqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛ.jə]

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

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ea”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

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

	person		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	m	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	a L
		f	sí (sise)	í (ise)	a H
		n	—	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.
For instance, "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 • (ea)

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

   총 10ea.

   5ea 정도.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *íh₂.

Pronunciation

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ea	eae
genitive	eius ejus	eārum
dative	eī ēī eae	eīs eābus iīs īs
accusative	eam	eās
ablative	eā	eīs eābus iīs īs
vocative	ea	eae

See also

Latin personal pronouns together with the possessive and reflexive pronouns

			pronoun						possessive
number	person		nominative	genitive	dative	accusative	ablative
singular	first		ego	meī	mihi	mē			meus, -a, -um
	second		tū	tuī	tibi	tē			tuus, -a, -um
	third	m	is	ēius	eī	eum	eō		—
		f	ea			eam	eā
		n	id			id	eō
plural	first		nōs	nostrī, nostrum	nōbīs	nōs	nōbīs		noster, -tra, -trum
	second		vōs	vestrī, vestrum	vōbīs	vōs	vōbīs		vester, -tra, -trum
	third	m	eī, iī	eōrum	eīs	eōs	eīs		—
		f	eae	eārum		eās
		n	ea	eōrum		ea
reflexive			—	suī	sibi	sē, sēsē			suus, -a, -um

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.aː/, [ˈeäː]
• (modern Italianate 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	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite					negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	indefinite	free choice	universal	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste, istic	ille, illic	is	ipse, īdem	quis/quī	quisquis, quīcumque	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam	quīvis, quīlibet	quisque	quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam	nēmō, nihil, nūllus	alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs, uterlibet	uterque		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi, ubī̆cumque	alicubī, uspiam	ubivīs, ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	nusquam, nūllibī	alibī, aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque, undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique			aliunde
destination	hūc, °hōrsum	istūc, °istōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō, quōrsum	quōquō, quōcumque	aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs, quōlibet		quōquam	nusquam, nūllōrsum	aliō, aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā, quācumque	aliquā	quāvīs, quālibet	quāque		nēquāquam, haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita, sīc, eō modō	item, itidem	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque	ūllō modō	nūllō modō	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time	num, nunc		ōlim	tum, tunc	simul	quandō, ‡cum	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	quondam, aliquandō	quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen, †tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs, quamlibet
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus	quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis, quāliscumque	aliquālis	quālislibet
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot, quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque	aliquotus	quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

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. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of ee

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ͜ɑː/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• ǣ
• *ēo

Noun

ēa f (nominative plural ēa or ēan)

1. river
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Þonne west fram Tigris þǣre ēa oþ Eufrate þā ēa, þonne betweox þǣm ēan syndon þās land Babylonia, and Caldea, and Mesopotamia.

     Then west from the River Tigris to the River Euphrates, then between the rivers are the lands of Babylon, Chaldea, and Mesopotamia

2. running water, stream

Usage notes

• Regarding declension, ēa is usually indeclinable, but occasionally inflected forms are encountered.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	ēa	ēa, ēan
accusative	ēa	ēa, ēan
genitive	ēa, īe	ēa
dative	ēa, īe	ēam, ēaum, ēauum, ēum

Descendants

• Middle English: ee, æ, ea, eaa (Early Middle English), *eo
  • English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo
• ⇒ Old English: edēa (with prefix ed-)
  • Middle English: eddy
    • English: eddy

See also

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

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps from earlier *eah, *æh, from Proto-West Germanic *a, *ah (“ah”), related to Old High German a, ah (“ah”). Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *au, cognate with Old High German au, ō (“oh, ah”).

Alternative forms

• ēaw, ǣa, ǣ, ē, *hē, hiġ

Interjection

ēa

1. oh, alas

Derived terms

• ēalā

Descendants

• >? Middle English: a, aa, ah
  • English: ah
  • Scots: ah

Romanian

Alternative forms

• я (ia) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
• éa — pre-1904 spelling reform

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: ia

Pronoun

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

1. (nominative form) she

   Synonym: (polite form) dumneaei

Declension

Declension of ea

	stressed	unstressed
nominative	ea
accusative	ea	o
dative	ei	îi
genitive	ei
possessive forms
	singular	plural
masculine	său	săi
neuter		sale
feminine	sa
reflexive forms
	stressed	unstressed
accusative	sine	se
dative	sieși	își

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
	familiar f	ea	ele
	polite m	dumnealui	dumnealor
	polite f	dumneaei

References

• “ea”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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