ea

See also:Ea,EA,êa,eâ,ea.,-ea,E/A,éa-,andę-ą

English

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Englishee,ea,æ,fromOld Englishēa(“river”),fromProto-West Germanic*ahu(“waters, river”),fromProto-Germanic*ahwō(“waters, river”),fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ekʷeh₂(“water, flowing water”).Doubletofaqua.

Cognates:

Cognate withNorth Frisiania(“river”),Saterland FrisianÄi(“river”),West Frisianie(“water, stream”),Dutcha(“water, stream”),GermanAche(“water, stream, river, flood”),Danishå(“stream, creek”),Swedishå(“stream, creek”),Icelandicá(“stream, river”),Latinaqua(“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈiː(ə)/
• Rhymes:-iː,-iːə

Noun

ea(pluraleas)

1. (UKdialectorarchaic)Ariverorwatercourse.
   • 1866,Charles Kingsley,Hereward the Wake: Last of the English:

     And they rowed away for Crowland, by many a mere and many anea;through narrow reaches of clear brown glassy water; between the dark-green alders; between the pale-green reeds; where the coot clanked, and the bittern boomed, and the sedge-bird, not content with its own sweet song, mocked the song of all the birds around; and then out into the broad lagoons, where hung motionless, high overhead, hawk beyond hawk, buzzard beyond buzzard, kite beyond kite, as far as eye could see.

Derived terms

• eddy

Related terms

• Eau
• eau
• yeo

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Determiner

ea

1. Alternative form ofea.

References

• “ea”,inOED Online⁠,Oxford:Oxford University Press,launched 2000.

Anagrams

• -ae,-æ,A & E,A&E,AE,a**e,a.e.,ae,æ

Äiwoo

Adjective

ea

1. bad,evil

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, inOceanic Linguistics,volume46,number 2.Cited in: "Äiwoo"in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R.,&Gray, R.D.(2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics.Evolutionary Bioinformatics,4:271–283.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ia

Etymology

FromLatinilla,feminine ofille.CompareRomanianea.

Pronoun

eaf(pluraleali)

1. (third-person feminine singular pronoun,nominative form)she

Synonyms

• nãsã/nãsa

Pronoun

eaf

1. (long/stressed accusative form)her

Related terms

• el/elu(masculine equivalent (third-person singular nominative))
• eali(feminine plural),elj(masculine or mixed plural)
• u(feminine singular accusative- short/unstressed form)
• (a) ljei(feminine singular genitiveandfeminine singular dative- long/stressed form)
• ãlj/ilj/lji(feminine singular dative- short/unstressed form)

See also

• io/iou,mini(first-person singular)
• tu,tini(second-person singular)
• noi(first-person plural)
• voi(second-person plural)
• nãsh,elj(third-person (masculine or mixed) plural)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ea/[e.a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-ea
• Hyphenation:e‧a

Particle

ea

1. Used in indirect questions as an intensifier.

   Eanork egin dituen etxeko lanak.―Let's seewho has done the homework.

2. Used to express one's desire;Ihope,I wish

   Eaazkar sendatzen zaren.―I hopeyou get well soon.

Usage notes

• When using this particle, the verb takes the conjunction-n.

Further reading

• “ea”,inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia,Euskaltzaindia
• “ea”,inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia,Euskaltzaindia,1987–2005

Estonian

Noun

ea

1. genitivesingularofiga

Hawaiian

Etymology

FromProto-Polynesian*eqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈe.a/,[ˈɛ.jə]

Noun

ea

1. sovereignty,rule
2. air,breath,gas,vapor
3. life,lifeforce

Verb

ea

1. (intransitive)torise,goup
2. (intransitive)tosmell

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ea”, inHawaiian Dictionary,Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Irish

Alternative forms

• eadh(obsolete)

Etymology

FromOld Irished(“it”).Ultimately akin to Englishit,Latinid,etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/a/,(afterba)/ja/

Pronoun

ea

1. it

Usage notes

• Only used with thecopula,in constructions that do not reference any noun.

Derived terms

• mar ea
• ní hea
• sea

See also

Irish personal pronouns

Number	Person (and gender)	Conjunctive (emphatic)	Disjunctive (emphatic)	Possessive determiner
Singular	First	mé (mise)		moL m'before vowel sounds
	Second	tú (tusa)1	thú (thusa)	doL d'before vowel sounds
	Third masculine	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	aL
	Third feminine	sí (sise)	í (ise)	aH
	Third neuter	—	ea	—
Plural	First	muid,sinn (muidne,muide), (sinne)		árE
	Second	sibh (sibhse)1		bhurE
	Third	siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	aE

^LTriggerslenition^ETriggerseclipsis^HTriggersh-prothesis

¹Also used as thevocative

Thereflexiveis formed by addingféinto the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" =mé féin,"yourselves" =sibh féin.

Korean

Alternative forms

• 개(gae),and other unitary bound nouns (권,자루,켤레,etc)

Etymology

FromEnglishea.(“whole piece”).

Symbol

ea•(ea)

1. symbol of개(gae,“item,piece,general counter for objects”).

   총 10ea.

   5ea정도.

Latin

Etymology 1

FromProto-Indo-European*íh₂.

Pronunciation

• ea:(Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈe.a/,[ˈeä]
• ea:(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈe.a/,[ˈɛːä]
• eā:(Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈe.aː/,[ˈeäː]
• eā:(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈe.a/,[ˈɛːä]

Pronoun

ea

1. nominativefemininesingularofis:"she","it"(referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun)"this","that"(likewise referring to feminine nouns)
2. nominativeneuterpluralofis:"they (things)"
3. accusativeneuterpluralofis:"them (things)"

Pronoun

eāf

1. ablativefemininesingularofis

Declension

First-declensionnoun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ea	eae
genitive	eius ejus	eārum
dative	eī ēī eae	eīs eābus iīs īs
accusative	eam	eās
ablative	eā	eīs eābus iīs īs
vocative	ea	eae

See also

Latin personal pronounstogether with the possessive and reflexive pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative	Ablative	Possessive
Singular	First	—	ego	meī	mihi	mē		meus,-a,-um
	Second	—	tū	tuī	tibi	tē		tuus,-a,-um
	Reflexive third	—	—	suī	sibi	sē,sēsē		suus,-a,-um
	Third	Masculine	is	ēius	eī	eum	eō	ēius
		Feminine	ea			eam	eā
		Neuter	id			id	eō
Plural	First	—	nōs	nostrī,nostrum	nōbīs	nōs	nōbīs	noster,-tra, -trum
	Second	—	vōs	vestrī,vestrum	vōbīs	vōs	vōbīs	vester,-tra, -trum
	Reflexive third	—	—	suī	sibi	sē,sēsē		suus,-a,-um
	Third	Masculine	eī,iī	eōrum	eīs	eōs	eīs	eōrum
		Feminine	eae	eārum		eās		eārum
		Neuter	ea	eōrum		ea		eōrum

Etymology 2

Declined fromis.It stands as if foreā viā( "this/that way" ). Compareeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈe.aː/,[ˈeäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈe.a/,[ˈɛːä]

Adverb

eā(notcomparable)

1. there
2. thatway
3. on that side

Derived terms

• eāpropter
• eātenus

Related terms

Latin correlatives^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative/ relative	indefinite					negative	other
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	indefinite	free choice	universal	negative polarity
basic	hic	iste,istic	ille,illic	is	ipse,īdem	quis/quī	quisquis,quīcumque	quis,quī,quīdam,aliquis,aliquī,quispiam	quīvis,quīlibet	quisque	quisquam,ūllus,°aliquisquam	nēmō,nihil,nūllus	alius
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs,uterlibet	uterque		neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubiubi,ubī̆cumque	alicubī,uspiam	ubivīs,ubilibet	ubīque	usquam	nusquam,nūllibī	alibī,aliās
source	hinc	istinc	illinc	inde	indidem	unde	undecumque,undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique			aliunde
destination	hūc,°hōrsum	istūc,°istōrsum	illūc,°illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō,quōrsum	quōquō,quōcumque	aliquō,quōpiam,°aliquōvorsum	quōvīs,quōlibet		quōquam	nusquam,nūllōrsum	aliō,aliōrsum
method, means, path, place	hāc	istāc	illāc	eā	eādem	quā	quāquā,quācumque	aliquā	quāvīs,quālibet	quāque		nēquāquam,haudquāquam	aliā
manner	hōcmodō	istōmodō	illōmodō	ita,sīc, eōmodō	item,itidem	ut,quī,quōmodō,quōmodo,quemadmodum	utut,utcumque,quōmodocumque	quī,quōdammodō,aliquōmodō	quōmodolibet	utīque	ūllōmodō	nūllōmodō	aliter,aliōquī,alterō/aliōmodō
time	num,nunc		ōlim	tum,tunc	simul	quandō,‡cum	cumque,quandōcumque,quandōque	quondam,aliquandō	quandōlibet	quandōque	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen,†tandem	quam	†quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs,quamlibet
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque	aliquantus	quantusvīs,quantuslibet
quality				tālis		quālis	quālis,quāliscumque	aliquālis	quālislibet
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot,quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order				totus		quotus	quotuscumque	aliquotus	quotuslibet
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet
multiplication				totuplex		quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

References

• “ea”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ea”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• eainGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1],London:Macmillan and Co.
  • the vegetable kingdom:ea, quae terra gignit
    
  • the vegetable kingdom:ea, quae e terra gignuntur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom:ea, quae a terra stirpibus continentur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom:ea quorum stirpes terra continentur(N. D. 2. 10. 26)
    
  • eastern, western Germany:Germania quaeorGermaniae ea pars quae, ad orientem, occidentem vergit
    
  • to be of such and such an age:ea aetate, id aetatis esse
    
  • this is our natural tendency, our destiny; nature compels us:ita (ea lege, ea condicione) nati sumus
    
  • all depends on this; this is the decisive point:in ea re omnia vertuntur
    
  • with the intention of..:eo consilio, ea mente, ut
    
  • on condition of..:ea lege, ut
    
  • what is your opinion:quid de ea re fieri placet?
    
  • (ambiguous)I blame this in you; I censure you for this:hoc in te reprehendo(notob eam rem)
    
  • (ambiguous)to happen to think of..:in eam cogitationem incidere
    
  • (ambiguous)to induce a person to think that..:aliquem ad eam cogitationem adducere ut
    
  • (ambiguous)to discuss a subject more fully on the same lines:plura in eam sententiam disputare
    
  • (ambiguous)peace is concluded on condition that..:pax convenit in eam condicionem, ut...
    
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Lindu

Adjective

ea

1. shy;ashamed

Middle English

Noun

ea

1. (Early Middle English)Alternative form ofee

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/æ͜ɑː/

Etymology 1

FromProto-West Germanic*ahu,fromProto-Germanic*ahwō,fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ekʷeh₂(“water”).

Alternative forms

• ǣ

Noun

ēaf(nominative pluralēaorēan)

1. river
   • late 9th century,translationofOrosius’History Against the Pagans

     Þonne west fram Tigris þǣreēaoþ Eufrate þāēa,þonne betweox þǣmēansyndon þās land Babylonia, and Caldea, and Mesopotamia.

     Then west from theRiverTigris to theRiverEuphrates, then between theriversare the lands of Babylon, Chaldea, and Mesopotamia

2. running water,stream

Usage notes

• Regarding declension,ēais usually indeclinable, but occasionally inflected forms are encountered.

Declension

Declension ofēa

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ēa	ēa,ēan
accusative	ēa	ēa,ēan
genitive	ēa,īe	ēa
dative	ēa,īe	ēam,ēaum

Descendants

• Middle English:ee,æ,ea,eaa(Early Middle English),*eo
  • English:ea,Eau,eau,yeo
• ⇒Old English:edēa(with prefixed-)
  • Middle English:eddy
    • English:eddy

See also

• gārseċġ(“ocean”)
• mere(“lake”)
• sǣ(“sea”)
• strēam(“stream”)

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps from earlier*eah, *æh,fromProto-West Germanic*a,*ah(“ah”),related toOld High Germana,ah(“ah”).Alternatively fromProto-West Germanic*au,cognate withOld High Germanau,ō(“oh, ah”).

Alternative forms

• ēaw,ǣa,ǣ,ē,hē,hiġ

Interjection

ēa

1. oh,alas

Derived terms

• ēalā

Descendants

• >?Middle English:a,aa,ah
  • English:ah
  • Scots:ah

Romanian

Alternative forms

• я(ia)—post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
• éa—pre-1904 spelling reform

Etymology

InheritedfromLatinilla,feminine ofille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ja/,(hypercorrect)/e̯a/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-a
• Homophone:ia

Pronoun

eaf(third-person singular,pluralele,masculine equivalentel)

1. (nominative form)she

   Synonym:(polite form)dumneaei

Declension

Nominative
ea
Accusative
stressed		unstressed
ea		o
Genitive
ei
Singular		Plural
m&n	f	m	f&n
său	sa	săi	sale
Dative
stressed		unstressed
ei		îi
Reflexive
Accusative		Dative
stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
sine	se	sieși	își

Pronoun

eaf(stressed accusative form ofea)

1. (direct object,preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru")her

Related terms

• el(third-person masculine singular)
• ei(third-person masculine plural)
• ele(third-person feminine plural)

See also

Romanian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		eu	noi
2nd person	plain	tu	voi
	semi-polite	dumneata	dumneavoastră
	polite	dumneavoastră
3rd person familiar	m	el	ei
	f	ea	ele
3rd person polite	m	dumnealui	dumnealor
	f	dumneaei

References

• eainDEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române(Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• gea(Rumantsch Grischun,Sutsilvan,Surmiran)
• gie(Sursilvan)
• schi(Puter,Vallader)

Adverb

ea

1. (Sutsilvan,Surmiran)yes(used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun,Vallader)bain
• (Sursilvan)bein
• (Sutsilvan)bagn
• (Surmiran)gea bagn
• (Puter,Vallader)bainschi,hei,bainschi hei
• (Vallader)hai,bainschi hai

Spanish

Etymology

FromLatinēia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈea/[ˈe.a]
• Rhymes:-ea
• Syllabification:e‧a

Interjection

¡ea!

1. come on!,come now!(expressing encouragement)
2. so,andso,now(expressing resolution, preceding a willful resolution)

Further reading

• “ea”,inDiccionario de la lengua española(in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy,2023 November 28

West Frisian

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɪə̯/

Adverb

ea

1. (literary)ever,at any time

Further reading

• “ea”,inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal(in Dutch),2011