ea

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

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ea, e, æ, from Old English ēa (running water, water, stream, river), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (waters, river), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (water, flowing water). 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), Swedish å (stream, creek), Icelandic á (stream, river), Latin aqua (water).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ea (plural eas)

  1. (dialectal) A river or watercourse.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Abbreviation

ea

  1. Alternative form of ea.

References

Anagrams


Aiwoo

Adjective

ea

  1. bad, evil

References


Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronoun

ea f (plural eali)

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

Synonyms

Pronoun

ea f

  1. (long/stressed accusative form) her
  • 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)

Hawaiian

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

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a/

Pronoun

ea

  1. it

Usage notes

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

Derived terms


Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English ea. (whole piece)

Symbol

ea

  1. symbol of (gae, item, piece, general counter for objects).
    총 10ea.
    5ea 정도.

Latin

Etymology

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation 1

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)"

Pronunciation 2

Pronoun

 f

  1. Ablative feminine singular of is

Adverb

(not comparable)

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

See also

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, 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ēa, ǣ.

Noun

ea

  1. Alternative form of æ

Descendants

  • English: ea

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō (waters, river), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (water). Akin to Old Frisian ā, ē, Old Saxon aha, Old High German aha, awa, Gothic 𐌰𐍈𐌰 (aƕa, river, waters), Old Norse á.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æːɑ̯/

Noun

ēa f

  1. river
  2. running water, stream

Declension

Descendants


Romanian

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e̯a/
  • Rhymes: -a

Pronoun

ea f (third-person singular, plural ele)

  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

Pronoun

ea f (stressed accusative form of ea)

  1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") her
  • el (third-person masculine singular)
  • ei (third-person masculine plural)
  • ele (third-person feminine plural)

See also


Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Adverb

ea

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈea/

Interjection

ea

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

References


West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪə̯/

Adverb

ea

  1. ever, at any time

Further reading

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