-ava

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• IPA^(key): /ˈa.va/
• Rhymes: -ava
• Hyphenation: -à‧va

-ava (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

1. used with a stem to form the third-person imperfect of regular -are verbs

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-ava

1. Used to form nouns from verbs, sometimes from adjectives.

• -uve

Inherited from Latin -ābam and Latin -ābat.

-ava (1st conj.)

1. a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar

   ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-ava → ‎amava (“[I] used to love”)

   ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-ava → ‎cantava (“[I] used to sing”)

2. a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar

   ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-ava → ‎amava (“[he/she/it] used to love”)

   ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-ava → ‎cantava (“[he/she/it] used to sing”)

• Galician: -aba
• Portuguese: -ava

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ava, from Latin -ābam and Latin -ābat. Compare Galician and Spanish -aba.

• Rhymes: -avɐ

-ava

1. a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar

   ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-ava → ‎amava (“[I] used to love”)

   ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-ava → ‎cantava (“[I] used to sing”)

2. a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar

   ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-ava → ‎amava (“[he/she/it] used to love”)

   ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-ava → ‎cantava (“[he/she/it] used to sing”)

• -ia

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-ava (Cyrillic spelling -ава)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting the result of a verbal stem it's appended onto.

• -njava

-ava

1. feminine singular of -avo