-ä

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See also: ä, -à, -á, -â, -ã, -ă, -ǎ, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

Finnish[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ä

Front vowel variant of -a

Ingrian[edit]

Pronunciation 1[edit]

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-æ/, [-æ]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-æ/, [-æ]

Suffix[edit]

-ä

Front vowel variant of -a

Pronunciation 2[edit]

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-æ/, [-æ]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-æ/, [-æ]

Suffix[edit]

-ä

Front vowel variant of -a

Slovak[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

-a

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ę.

Suffix[edit]

-ä n

forms nouns for young animals and other diminutives

Usage notes[edit]

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

Declension[edit]

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

Volapük[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ä

Used to form conjunctions from prepositions.

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