Morpheme
-a
Type
suffix
Denotation
singular Latin and Ancient Greek suffix (common anatomical, philosophical, medical, and taxonomic suffix) (feminine equivalent of masculine -us) (plural -ae or rarely -ai)
Etymology
adopted unchanged Classical Latin and Ancient Greek -a
Evidence
abscissa, acantha, amoeba, antenna, aorta, arena, cornea, Cyrenaica, drachma, echidna, idea, indigena, juxta, larva, luna, Malaya, mora, orbita, plethora, puerpera, purpura, rasa, rotavirus, scena, silva, spatha, stela, tephra, tessera, ulna, urethra, Vega, vita
See Also
-ae, -ai, -an, -us, -ia, -ea, -(o)ea [-oea, -ea]
Homographs
A, A, a-, a-, a-, a-, a-, a-, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a
