-а

• IPA^(key): [ə]

• -я (-ja) – used after a soft consonant

-а • (-a)

1. Noun-forming suffix used to form diminutives of proper names; used after a hard (unpalatalized) consonant.

From early Proto-Slavic *-ja.

• -а (-a) (non-iotating)

-а • (-a)

1. Noun-forming suffix used to form abstract nouns and agent nouns from prefixed stems ending in a consonant that becomes a hushing consonant (ш ж ч щ) when iotated. The final consonant of the stem is iotated before this suffix.

   ‎по- (po-) + ‎клад- (klad-, “to lay, to put”) + ‎-а (-a) → ‎покла́жа (pokláža, “load”)

   ‎пропа́д- (propád-, “to disappear”) + ‎-а (-a) → ‎пропа́жа (propáža, “disappearance, loss”)

   ‎пред- (pred-, “before”) + ‎тек- (tek-, “to flow”) + ‎-а (-a) → ‎предте́ча (predtéča, “forerunner, precursor”)

   ‎переда́т- (peredát-, “to broadcast”) + ‎-а (-a) → ‎переда́ча (peredáča, “broadcast”)

From Proto-Slavic *-a.

• -а (-a) (iotating)

-а • (-a)

1. Noun-forming suffix used to form abstract nouns and agent nouns from prefixed stems. The final consonant of the stem is not iotated before this suffix.

   ‎про- (pro-) + ‎сек- (sek-, “to cut”) + ‎-а (-a) → ‎про́сека (próseka, “path cleared in a forest”)

   ‎от- (ot-) + ‎рад (rad, “glad”) + ‎-а (-a) → ‎отра́да (otráda, “joy”)

-а (Latin spelling -a)

1. Suffix appended to words (usually verbal stems) to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a relation or to form a proper noun.

From Proto-Slavic *-a, from Proto-Indo-European *-ōd, the thematic ablative ending.

-а (Latin spelling -a)

1. Forms the genitive singular of masculine and neuter nouns and indefinite adjectives.