ea
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
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
References
- “ea”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Aiwoo
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- nãsã/nãsa
Related terms
- 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)
Hawaiian
Irish
Alternative forms
- eadh (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a/
Usage notes
- Only used with the copula, in constructions that do not reference any noun.
Korean
Latin
Etymology
Inflected forms.
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.a/
Pronoun
ea
Pronunciation 2
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.aː/
See also
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Ablative | Possessive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | — | ego | meī | mihi | mē | meus, -a, -um | |
Second | — | tū | tuī | tibi | tē | tuus, -a, -um | ||
Reflexive third | — | — | suī | sibi | sē, sēsē | suus, -a, -um | ||
Third | Masculine | is | eius | eī | eum | eō | eius | |
Feminine | ea | eam | eā | |||||
Neuter | id | id | eō | |||||
Plural | First | — | nōs | nostrī, nostrum | nōbīs | nōs | nōbīs | noster, -tra, -trum |
Second | — | vōs | vestrī, vestrum | vōbīs | vōs | vōbīs | vester, -tra, -trum | |
Reflexive third | — | — | suī | sibi | sē, sēsē | suus, -a, -um | ||
Third | Masculine | eī, iī | eōrum | eīs | eōs | eīs | eōrum | |
Feminine | eae | eārum | eās | eārum | ||||
Neuter | ea | eōrum | ea | eōrum |
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...
- the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae terra gignit
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English ēa, ǣ.
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/
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | ēa | ēa, ēan |
accusative | ēa | ēa, ēan |
genitive | ēa, īe | ēa |
dative | ēa, īe | ēa(u)m, ēan |
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e̯a/
- Rhymes: -a
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
- dumneaei (polite form)
Pronoun
ea f (stressed accusative form of ea)
- (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") her
Related terms
Romansch
Alternative forms
Related terms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
- (Sursilvan) bein
- (Sutsilvan) bagn
- (Surmiran) gea bagn
- (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, hei, bainschi hei
- (Vallader) hai, bainschi hai
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈea/
Interjection
ea
References
- “ea” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪə̯/
Further reading
- “ea”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011