-á

• IPA^(key): [aː]

-á

1. (archaic personal suffix) Formed the third-person singular indicative past definite, for back-vowel verbs. For the full paradigm, see the usage template.

   Synonym: (modern form) -ta

   Coordinate term: (for front-vowel verbs) -é

   Látá az embereket. ― He/she saw the people.

See -a.

-á

1. combining form of -a (possessive suffix) before most case suffixes, except that of the essive-formal.

   ‎lába (“his/her/its foot/leg”) + ‎-n → ‎lábán (“on his/her/its foot/leg”)

-á

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Continuative	-YÁ (go)

• IPA^(key): /ˈa˧/

-á

1. (pronominal suffix) of (used with a noun)

   M-āw gātɨ̄-á tɨ̀ kānjɨ̄-á

   I went to sell fish

• Keegan, John (2014). The Eastern Sara Languages. Ceunca, Spain: Morkeg Books. p. 223.

• IPA^(key): /-á/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-á

1. plural suffix (with a-declension nouns)

Inherited from Sanskrit -अयति (-ayati), from Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti, from *-yeti.

-á

1. causative (valence-increasing) suffix

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-á

1. oblique case suffix (with a-declension nouns)

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “-á”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

• -à (obsolete)

• Rhymes: -a

From Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from a, third-person singular present indicative of aver (“to have”), corresponding to modern há.

-á (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

1. forms the third-person singular future indicative form of verbs

   ‎comer (“to eat”) + ‎-á → ‎comerá (“(he/she/it) will eat”)

-á (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

1. apocopic form of -ar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
2. (Brazil, proscribed) alternative form of -ar in any position