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-ada
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ada"
Basque
Etymology
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Suffix
-ada
- Forming nouns expressing a hit or strike
- bultzatu (“to jostle, to push”) + -ada → bultzada (“jostle, push”)
- Forming nouns expressing an action
- begiratu (“to look”) + -ada → begirada (“glance”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “-ada” in Labayru Hiztegia
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Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ada f (plural -ades)
Suffix
-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ades)
- forms nouns signifying a collective or large quantity
- forms nouns signifying the contents of
- boca (“boca”) + -ada → bocada (“mouthful”)
- cistell (“basket”) + -ada → cistellada (“basketful”)
- forms nouns signifying a hit or strike
- forms nouns signifying an action characteristic of someone or something
- català (“Catalan”) + -ada → catalanada (“Catalanism”)
- forms nouns signifying the effect of a verb
- forms nouns signifying a time period, especially in relation to another
Derived terms
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Esperanto
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ada
- See -ad-
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese -ada, from Latin -āta.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ada
Suffix
-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -adas)
- forms nouns signifying a collective or large quantity
- gaspallo (“chaff”) + -ada → gaspallada (“dead brushwood and leaves”)
- rapaz (“boy”) + -ada → rapazada (“the young ones; a group of boys”)
- trapallo (“rag, tatter”) + -ada → trapallada (“mess”)
- forms nouns, from the names of containers, meaning “as much as can be held by the container”; -ful
- forms nouns, from the names of food, meaning “a dish whose primary ingredient is that food”
- forms nouns, from nouns denoting objects, meaning “a strike or blow with the object”
- forms nouns, from verbs, denoting the action of the verb
- forms nouns, from the name of fruits, meaning “juice or jam made with that fruit”
Derived terms
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Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from English -ade, French -ade, Italian -ata, Portuguese -ada/Spanish -ada. Also found in Russian in words such as лимонад (limonad, “lemonade”) and оранжад (oranžad, “orangeade”). All ultimately from Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus.
Pronunciation
Suffix
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-ada
Derived terms
Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -ada not found
References
- Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955), Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN
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Lithuanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
See kadà (“when”). The -da is reminiscent of the Proto-Slavic particle *-de, as seen in *kъde.
Suffix
-adà
- Produces adverbs of time
Derived terms
Further reading
- Vytautas Ambrazas (2006), Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, page 381
- Jānis Endzelīns (transl. W. R. Schmalstieg & B. Jēgers) (1971), “11. Adverbs § e. Adverbs from pronominal roots”, in Comparative phonology and morphology of the Baltic languages, De Gruyter, →ISBN, section 431, page 262
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Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese -ada, feminine equivalent of -ado.
Suffix
-ada
- noun-forming suffix
Usage notes
- Unlike -ado, generally not used to form participles.
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ada f
- -ade, used to form nouns denoting action, or a person performing said action
Declension
Declension of -ada
Derived terms
Further reading
- -ada in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese -ada, from Latin -āta.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ada f
Suffix
-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -adas)
- forms nouns, from nouns denoting objects, meaning “a strike or blow with the object”
- forms nouns, from verbs, denoting the action of the verb
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection or excessive amount of the suffixed noun
- forms nouns, from the names of containers, meaning “as much as can be held by the container”; -ful
- forms nouns, from the names of food, meaning “a dish whose primary ingredient is that food”
- forms nouns, from the name of fruits, meaning “juice or jam made with that fruit”
- feminine singular of -ado
Usage notes
Most words suffixed with -ada that indicate the action of a verb are always, or almost always, used in the form dar uma ___ada.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “-ada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “-ada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -adas)
- forms words, derived from nouns, signifying a group (i.e. it forms collective nouns)
- forms words, derived from nouns, corresponding to -ful (as much as something will hold)
- forms words indicating a period of time
- forms words, derived from nouns, indicating a blow with the named object
- forms words indicating action
- forms words indicating abundance or excess
Suffix
-ada f (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “-ada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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