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Appendix:Variations of "as"
Albanian
Etymology
Variant of sq -at, seen in toponyms such as Qesarat, Kastrat, Dukat, Progonat, Bushat.Dhrimo, Ali. Për Shqipen dhe shqiptarët. 2008 The [-t] and [-s] are both from similar sqj-pro *tāi and sqj-pro *tjā. An sq xil - derivation.21
Pronunciation
sq /as/
Suffix
sq suffix m
used to form toponyms; -ian
Derived terms
sq
References
Cornish
Etymology
Perhaps from kw cel-pro *-os.
Pronunciation
kw /-as/ RMC
Suffix
m r
Forms masculine nouns denoting capacity; -ful
kw hanaf<t:cup> hanafas<t:cupful>
kw dorn<t:fist, hand> dornas<t:fistful, handful>
Forms masculine nouns denoting the result of an action
kw gwia<t:to weave> gwias<t:web>
kw boks<t:box; blow> boksas<t:flurry of blows, fisticuffs>
kw mynn-<t:root of kw mynnes, to want> mynnas<t:wish, purpose, intent>
Derived terms
kw
References
77, 99
Czech
Etymology
cs
Suffix
cs suffix m-pr
masculine noun suffix
Declension
m.an.mixed
Derived terms
cs
Further reading
Esperanto
Etymology
The Esperanto suffixes eo -as, eo -is, eo -os, eo -us are related, and appear to have been inspired by previous language projects:
This play of vowels is not an original idea of Zamenhof's: -as, -is, -os are found for the three tenses of the infinitive in Faiguet's system of 1765; -a, -i, -o without a consonant are used like Z's -as, -is, -os by Rudelle (1858); Courtonne in 1885 had -am, -im, -om in the same values, and the similarity with Esperanto is here even more perfect than in the other projects, as -um corresponds to Z's -us. —An International Language (1928)
The vowel of -as is likely cognate with the Latin present, as in la amat amat s/he loves, and the corresponding present infinitive la amāre amāre, permitting the natural (for a European) -ant ending. i could come from past tense in Latin ami, amisti.
Pronunciation
LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7--as.wav
Suffix
eo suffix
ending of the present tense in verbs.
Further reading
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Finnish
Etymology
From fi urj-fin-pro *-as, a variant of urj-fin-pro *-s adjective-forming suffix nominal, -h-, from fi fiu-pro *-s.
Suffix
adjective noun äs
Forms some adjectives.
Forms some nouns.
Declension
- a a
Note that gradation may apply.
Derived terms
fi
Further reading
Anagrams
fi as sa
French
Pronunciation
fr -as
Suffix
fr suffix form
fr -er 2 s phis
Hungarian
Pronunciation
hu ɒʃ 1
Suffix
hu suffix adjective-forming suffixes noun-forming suffixes
hu adjective hu adjective-forming suffix Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having something, a quality"; sometimes referred to as ornative.
hu haj hair hajas covered with hair
hu noun hu noun-forming suffix Added to a noun to form an occupation or a collective noun.
hu fazék pot fazekas potter
hu numeral hu number-forming suffix Added to an ordinal number to form a digit or figure, cf. the relevant template.
hu három three hármas the digit or figure 3
Usage notes
Derived terms
hu adjective
hu noun
See also
Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Ido
Etymology
-as -ās -es -as
Pronunciation
Suffix
i
en desinence of the en present tense in en verbs
See also
io -is
io -os
io -ar
io -ir
io -or
Irish
Alternative forms
ga -eas after palatal consonants
Pronunciation
ga /əsˠ/
Etymology 1
ga :inh sga:-as
From ga sga -as, from ga cel-pro *-assus, from ga ine-pro *-ad-tus.
Suffix
n m
Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or nouns
ga -achas
Declension
- as ais
Derived terms
ga
Etymology 2
Suffix
i
Relative ending of first conjugation verbs in the present tense
Synthetic first person singular ending of first conjugation verbs in the past tense
Kwak'wala
Suffix
kwk suffix
Suffix used with verbs for a place of.
Derived terms
kwk
References
Franz Boas, Helene Boas Yampolsky & Zellig S. Harris https://archive.org/details/sim_transactions-of-the-american-philosophical-society_1947-12_37_1/ Kwakiutl Grammar with a Glossary of the Suffixes Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 37 3 1947 318
Latin
Pronunciation
ās
Etymology 1
la -ās :from<text:from the earlier> <alt:-ātis><ety:inh<itc-pro:*-ātis>> gentilic +
By syncope, from the earlier form la -ātis. If osc 𐌋𐌞𐌅𐌊𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌝𐌔 gen. sg. Lucanian has a cognate suffix osc -𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌝𐌔, one can reconstruct la itc-pro *-ātis.
Suffix
la suffix form -ās
Used to form gentilic adjectives with the meaning "of/from" a country or place.
Usage notes
In an exception to the usual Latin stress rule, Latin words ending in this suffix were generally stressed on the final syllable of their nominative singular forms in -ās because of the aforementioned syncope.
Declension
-ās -ātium/-ātum -ātium/-ātum -ātium/-ātum -āte/-ātī -āte/-ātī -āte/-ātī
Derived terms
la
Etymology 2
la -ās :inh itc-pro:*-ans<ety:inh<ine-pro:*-éh₂ns<ety:der<*-éh₂<id:collective nouns>>>>> accusative plural +
From la itc-pro *-ans, from la ine-pro *-éh₂ns, the accusative plural of ine-pro *-éh₂.
Suffix
la suffix form -ās
la -a acc p f ending of feminine nouns
la -us acc f p suffix forming first/second declension adjectives
Descendants
ca -es
fr -es
roa-opt -as
es -as
Suffix
la suffix form -ās
la -a acc p m suffix forming masculine agent nouns
Etymology 3
la -ās :der itc-pro:*-ās<ety:inh<ine-pro:*-eh₂yési<ety:der<*-eh₂yéti>>>> + indicative
From la itc-pro *-āō *-ās, from la ine-pro *-eh₂yéti *-eh₂yési.
Suffix
la suffix form -ās
la -ō 2 s pres actv indc first conjugation
Descendants
ca -es
fr -es
roa-opt -as
es -as
Etymology 4
la -ās genitive singular :inh itc-pro:*-ās +
la genitive singular
From la itc-pro *-ās, from la ine-pro *-éh₂(e/o)s, the genitive singular of ine-pro *-éh₂. Despite the existence of a few relic survivals in fixed expressions, this ending was largely displaced already in Old Latin by la -āī (formed by analogy to the second-declension genitive singular ending la -ī), which evolved to the Classical Latin genitive singular ending la -ae.
Suffix
la suffix form -ās
la archaic la -a gen s
la pater familiās master (lit. father) of the household
la Titā Vendiās of Tita Vendia
Etymology 5
la -ās nom/voc :inh<unc> itc-pro:*-ās +
la Unclear. Possibly derived from la itc-pro *-ās, from la ine-pro *-éh₂es, the nominative/vocative plural of ine-pro *-éh₂. Rather than being inherited, it has been speculated that this ending was borrowed from Oscan (another Italic language). Alternatively, possibly taken from the accusative ending.Again on as-nominatives: a new approach to the problem Galdi Giovanbattista Variation and Change in Greek and Latin 2012 https://www.academia.edu/23494468/Again_on_as_nominatives_a_new_approach_to_the_problem
Suffix
la suffix form -ās
la nonstandard la -a nom//voc p
References
Lithuanian
Etymology
lt ine-pro *-os.
Pronunciation
-as
Suffix
lt suffix m
nominal suffix (ending) of the first declension of the nouns.
nominal suffix (ending) which indicates a demonym.
lt Rusija Russia rusas Russian (person)
Derived terms
lt
Middle English
Etymology 1
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -esse -ess -ess
Etymology 2
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -isch
Northern Sami
Etymology
From se smi-pro *-ës. Cognate of fi -e, et -e.
Pronunciation
Suffix
se suffix noun-forming suffixes
Forms nouns from verbs, indicating something used for performing the verb.
se vuoidat to smear vuoiddas ointment
Usage notes
ws
Inflection
-as
Derived terms
se
Old English
Etymology 1
ang plural :der<unc> gem-pro:*-anz gem-pro:*-ōs<ety:from<gem-pro:*-ōz<id:accusative plural>>>
Perhaps from the Proto-Germanic accusative plural ending *-anz, with regularly lost -n- before a fricative, or perhaps from the nominative plural *-ōs, a voiceless variety of the regular ending *-ōz, or a merger of both. Akin to stq -s, fy -s, osx -os (nds -s), nl -s, sv -ar.
Pronunciation
-as
Suffix
nounf 1
marks the plural nominative and accusative of a-stem masculine nouns, later extended to other nouns
ang hund<t:dog> hundas<t:dogs>
ang wulf<t:wolf> wulfas<t:wolves>
Descendants
enm -es plural
Etymology 2
Suffix
verbf 1 ang Anglian
ang -ast; marks the second person singular present indicative of class II weak verbs
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
roa-opt :inh la:-ās + 1
Suffix
roa-opt suffix
a suffix indicating the second-person singular present indicative of a verb in roa-opt -ar
roa-opt amar to love amas [you] love
roa-opt cantar to sing cantas [you] sing
Descendants
gl -as
pt -as
Old Irish
Alternative forms
sga -es after palatal consonants
sga -us
Etymology
sga :inh cel-pro:*-assus<ety:der<ine-pro:*-tus>>
From sga cel-pro *-assus, from sga ine-pro *-ad-tus.
Suffix
sga suffix m
Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or nouns
sga óclach young man óclachas youth
sga muinter family muinteras familiarity
Derived terms
sga
Descendants
ga -as
gv -ys
gd -as
References
261
Polish
Etymology
pl nominal :inh ine-pro:*-os<id:thematic> + 1
Pronunciation
as
Suffix
pl suffix m-pr
masculine noun suffix
Declension
-asy / -asowie
Derived terms
pl
Portuguese
Etymology 1
pt :inh roa-opt:-as 2 1 Compare gl,es -as.
Suffix
verb
a suffix indicating the -ar
pt amar to love amas [you] love
pt cantar to sing cantas [you] sing
See also
pt -es
Etymology 2
pt roa-opt -as, a merger of pt la -ās (used with residual third conjugation non-i-stem verbs) with pt la -eās (used with Proto-Romance verbs in -ēre, which merged Latin second and third conjugation verbs) and pt la -iās (used with Proto-Romance verbs in -īre). The e/i in hiatus would have disappeared after palatalizing the previous consonant, which survives in some irregular verbs but has largely been analogically eliminated. Compare gl,es -as.
Suffix
verb
a suffix indicating the -er
pt correr to run corras that you run
a suffix indicating the -ir
pt pedir to ask for peças that you ask for
See also
pt -es
Spanish
Etymology 1
From es la -ās, the second-person singular present active indicative ending of first conjugation verbs. Cognate with ast -, ca -, and fr -es.
Suffix
es suffix form
suffix indicating the second-person singular present indicative of es -ar.
Etymology 2
From es la -eās, es la -ās, and es la -iās, the second-person singular present active subjunctive endings of second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs, respectively.
Suffix
es suffix form
suffix indicating the second-person singular present subjunctive of es -er verbs and es -ir verbs
See also
es -es
Swedish
Suffix
sv suffix adverb-forming suffixes
sv -s adverbial suffix adverb
Derived terms
sv i vintras i påskas i julas i höstas i somras i våras
References
saob påsk
Anagrams
sv as sa
Welsh
Pronunciation
cy /as/
Etymology 1
Suffix
f au,~oedd
forms abstract nouns
cy teyrn monarch, king teyrnas kingdom
cy bardd poet barddas poetry
cy urdd order, guild urddas honour, dignity
Etymology 2
Cognate with kw -as.
Suffix
verbf 1
cy colloquial cy-S marks the third-person singular preterite of verbs
cy -odd -ws
Derived terms
cy
References