-ava

== Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin -ābat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.va/ Rhymes: -ava Hyphenation: -à‧va === Suffix === -ava (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix) used with a stem to form the third-person imperfect of regular -are verbs == Latvian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Suffix === -ava Used to form nouns from verbs, sometimes from adjectives. ==== Synonyms ==== -uve ==== Derived terms ==== == Old Czech == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈaʋa/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈava/ === Suffix === -ava f forms feminine nouns ‎lakati + ‎-ava → ‎lakava ‎křikati + ‎-ava → ‎křikava ‎nadati + ‎-ava → ‎nadava ‎naplaviti + ‎-ava → ‎náplava ‎ohaviti + ‎-ava → ‎ohava ==== Derived terms ==== == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin -ābam and Latin -ābat. === Suffix === -ava (1st conj.) a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-ava → ‎amava (“[I] used to love”) ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-ava → ‎cantava (“[I] used to sing”) a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-ava → ‎amava (“[he/she/it] used to love”) ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-ava → ‎cantava (“[he/she/it] used to sing”) ==== Descendants ==== Galician: -aba Portuguese: -ava == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ava, from Latin -ābam and Latin -ābat. Compare Galician and Spanish -aba. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -avɐ === Suffix === -ava (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix) a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-ava → ‎amava (“[I] used to love”) ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-ava → ‎cantava (“[I] used to sing”) a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-ava → ‎amava (“[he/she/it] used to love”) ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-ava → ‎cantava (“[he/she/it] used to sing”) === See also === -ia == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Suffix === -ava (Cyrillic spelling -ава) Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting the result of a verbal stem it's appended onto. === See also === -njava == Spanish == === Suffix === -ava feminine singular of -avo