-erna

See also: erna, Erna, and eRNA

Latin

Etymology

Related to -urnus, rnus.

Suffix

-ernus (feminine -erna, neuter -ernum); first/second-declension suffix

1. A noun-forming suffix, used to denote a place or container.

Derived terms

• caverna (cave, cavern, from cav- “hollow”)
• cisterna (cistern, reservoir, from cist- "box, chest")
• lucerna (lamp, lantern, from luc- “light”)
• taberna (hut, shop, tavern, perhaps from tab- “board” or trab- “beam”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /er.nɑ/, [erˠ.nɑ]

Suffix

-erna

1. genitive plural of -ern

Swedish

Etymology

-er (plural) +‎ -na (definite). Usually corresponds to Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk -ene (or Danish -erne)

Suffix

-erna

1. Suffix for definite plural for nouns of the third declension (common and neuter gender) which in indefinite form have the suffix -er

See also

plural suffix

• -orna
• -arna
• -rna
• -na

Anagrams

• Arne, Enar, aren, enar, eran, rean, rena