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a-ending.

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

8 characters3 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

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

    feminine · masculine
    Ordene 'boka' og 'kasta' har a-ending.
Where this word comes from

a + ending, 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 endi, endir (“end, conclusion”), from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front, forehead”), from *h₂ent- (“face, forehead, front”), perhaps from *h₂en- (“on, onto”) + and the suffix from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.

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