-ä

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

Finnish

Suffix

-ä

1. Front vowel variant of -a

Ingrian

Pronunciation 1

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

Suffix

-ä

1. Front vowel variant of -a

Pronunciation 2

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

Suffix

-ä

1. Front vowel variant of -a

Slovak

Alternative forms

• -a

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ę.

Suffix

-ä n

1. forms nouns for young animals and other diminutives

Usage notes

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

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

Volapük

Suffix

-ä

1. Used to form conjunctions from prepositions.