-ä

Finnish

Alternative forms
  • (in words with back vowel harmony) -a

Etymology 1

Front vowel harmony form of the partitive case suffix -a.

Suffix

-ä (in words with front vowel harmony)

  1. (case suffix) Forms the partitive case of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

Etymology 2

Front vowel harmony form of the verbal suffix -a.

Suffix

-ä

  1. (verbal suffix) Forms the short form of the first infinitive of verbs.

See also

Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ę.

Suffix

-ä n

  1. Forms nouns for young animals and other diminutives.

Declension
Declension of -ä
singular plural
nominative -ä -ätá, -ence
genitive -äťa -ät, -eniec
dative -äťu -ätom, -encom
accusative -ä -ätá, -ence
locative -äti -ätoch, -encoch
instrumental -äťou -ätami, -encami

Usage notes
  • This suffix is used only after labio-dental and bilabial consonants; in other cases -a is used instead.

Volapük

Suffix

-ä

  1. Used to form conjunctions from prepositions.
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