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a-endelse.

an a-ending; the letter a used as a suffix (especially for Norwegian nouns, verbs, and adjectives)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɑː.ɛndəlsə//ˈɑː.ɛnːəlsə/
  1. an a-ending; the letter a used as a suffix (especially for Norwegian nouns, verbs, and adjectives)

    masculine
    Ordene 'boka' og 'kasta' har a-endelse.
Where this word comes from

a + endelse, first part from Latin a, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through Etruscan, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾. Last part from both Old Norse enda, from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end,”), from both *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front”), from *h₂ent- (“face”), perhaps from *h₂en- (“on”) + and from *-ōną, either from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti, from *-eh₂ + *-yéti, or from Proto-Indo-European *-(e)h₂yéti, from *-(e)h₂ti, last part from either Danish -else, from Old Danish -ælsæ -ilse, from Old Saxon -isli, -islo, or from West Germanic and Middle Low German -nisse.

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