-ä

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

Finnish

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Suffix

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-ä

  1. Front vowel variant of -a

Ingrian

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Pronunciation 1

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Suffix

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-ä

  1. Front vowel variant of -a

Pronunciation 2

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Suffix

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-ä

  1. Front vowel variant of -a

Slovak

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ę.

Suffix

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-ä n

  1. forms nouns for young animals and other diminutives

Usage notes

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

Declension

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Declension of -ä
singular plural
nominative -ä -ätá, -ence
genitive -äťa -ät/-iat, -eniec
dative -äťu -ätom, -encom
accusative -ä -ätá, -ence
locative -äti -ätoch, -encoch
instrumental -äťou -ätami, -encami

Volapük

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Suffix

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-ä

  1. Used to form conjunctions from prepositions.
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