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ea

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ee, ea, æ, from Old English ēa (“river”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu (“waters, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Doublet of aqua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiː(ə)/
  • Rhymes: -iː, -iːə

Noun

ea (plural eas)

  1. (UK dialect or archaic) A river or watercourse.
Derived terms
  • eddy
Related terms
  • Eau
  • eau
  • yeo

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Determiner

ea

  1. Alternative form of ea..

References

  • “ea”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

  • -ae, -æ, A & E, A&E, AE, a**e, a.e., ae, æ

Äiwoo

Adjective

ea

  1. bad, evil

References

  • Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in 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

  • ia

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille. Compare Romanian ea.

Pronoun

ea f (plural eali)

  1. (third-person feminine singular pronoun, nominative form) she

Synonyms

  • nãsã/nãsa

Pronoun

ea f

  1. (long/stressed accusative form) her

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)

See also

  • io/iou, mini (first-person singular)
  • tu, tini (second-person singular)
  • noi (first-person plural)
  • voi (second-person plural)
  • nãsh, elj (third-person (masculine or mixed) plural)

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ea/ [e.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea, -a
  • Hyphenation: e‧a

Particle

ea

  1. Used in indirect questions as an intensifier.
    Ea nork egin dituen etxeko lanak. ― Let's see who has done the homework.
  2. Used to express one's desire; I hope, I wish
    Ea azkar sendatzen zaren. ― I hope you get well soon.

Usage notes

  • When using this particle, the verb takes the conjunction -n.

Further reading

  • “ea”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “ea”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Estonian

Noun

ea

  1. genitive singular of iga

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *eqa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛ.jə]

Noun

ea

  1. sovereignty, rule
  2. air, breath, gas, vapor
  3. life, life force

Verb

ea

  1. (intransitive) to rise, go up
  2. (intransitive) to smell

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ea”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Irish

Alternative forms

  • eadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ed (“it”). Ultimately akin to English it, Latin id, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a/, (after ba) /ja/

Pronoun

ea

  1. it

Usage notes

  • Only used with the copula, in constructions that do not reference any noun.

Derived terms

  • mar ea
  • ní hea
  • sea

See also

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 개 (gae), and other unitary bound nouns (권, 자루, 켤레, etc)

Etymology

From English ea. (“whole piece”).

Symbol

ea • (ea)

  1. symbol of 개 (gae, “item, piece, general counter for objects”).
    총 10ea.
    5ea 정도.

Latin

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Indo-European *íh₂.

    Pronunciation

    • ea: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈe.a]
    • ea: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.a]
    • eā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈe.aː]
    • eā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.a]

    Pronoun

    ea

    1. nominative feminine singular of is: "she", "it" (referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun) "this", "that" (likewise referring to feminine nouns)
    2. nominative neuter plural of is: "they (things)"
    3. accusative neuter plural of is: "them (things)"

    Pronoun

    eā f

    1. ablative feminine singular of is
    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    See also

    Etymology 2

    Declined from is. It stands as if for eā viā ("this/that way"). Compare eō.

    Pronunciation

    • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈe.aː]
    • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.a]

    Adverb

    eā (not comparable)

    1. there
    2. that way
    3. on that side
    Derived terms
    • eāpropter
    • eātenus
    Related terms

    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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

    Lindu

    Adjective

    ea

    1. shy; ashamed

    Middle English

    Noun

    ea

    1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of ee

    Old English

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /æ͜ɑː/

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).

    Alternative forms

    • ǣ
    • *ēo

    Noun

    ēa f (nominative plural ēa or ēan)

    1. river
      • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
    2. running water, stream
    Usage notes
    • Regarding declension, ēa is usually indeclinable, but occasionally inflected forms are encountered.
    Declension
    Descendants
    • Middle English: ee, æ, ea, eaa (Early Middle English), *eo
      • English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo
    • ⇒ Old English: edēa (with prefix ed-)
      • Middle English: eddy
        • English: eddy
    See also
    • gārseċġ (“ocean”)
    • mere (“lake”)
    • sǣ (“sea”)
    • strēam (“stream”)

    Etymology 2

    Uncertain. Perhaps from earlier *eah, *æh, from Proto-West Germanic *a, *ah (“ah”), related to Old High German a, ah (“ah”). Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *au, cognate with Old High German au, ō (“oh, ah”).

    Alternative forms

    • ēaw, ǣa, ǣ, ē, *hē, hiġ

    Interjection

    ēa

    1. oh, alas
    Derived terms
    • ēalā
    Descendants
    • >? Middle English: a, aa, ah
      • English: ah
      • Scots: ah

    Romanian

    Alternative forms

    • я (ia) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
    • éa — pre-1904 spelling reform

    Etymology

    Inherited from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ja/, (hypercorrect) /e̯a/
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Homophone: ia

    Pronoun

    ea f (third-person singular, plural ele, masculine equivalent el)

    1. (nominative form) she
      Synonym: (polite form) dumneaei

    Declension

    Pronoun

    ea f (stressed accusative form of ea)

    1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") her

    Related terms

    • el (third-person masculine singular)
    • ei (third-person masculine plural)
    • ele (third-person feminine plural)

    See also

    References

    • “ea”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

    Romansch

    Alternative forms

    • gea (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
    • gie (Sursilvan)
    • schi (Puter, Vallader)

    Adverb

    ea

    1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) yes (used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)

    Related terms

    Spanish

    Etymology

    From Latin ēia.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈea/ [ˈe.a]
    • Rhymes: -ea
    • Syllabification: e‧a

    Interjection

    ¡ea!

    1. come on!, come now! (expressing encouragement)
    2. so, and so, now (expressing resolution, preceding a willful resolution)

    Further reading

    • “ea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

    West Frisian

    Etymology

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    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɪə̯/

    Adverb

    ea

    1. (literary) ever, at any time

    Further reading

    • “ea”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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