-ada

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ada"

Basque

Etymology

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Suffix

-ada

1. Forming nouns expressing a hit or strike

   ‎bultzatu (“to jostle, to push”) + ‎-ada → ‎bultzada (“jostle, push”)

2. Forming nouns expressing an action

   ‎begiratu (“to look”) + ‎-ada → ‎begirada (“glance”)

Derived terms

Basque terms suffixed with -ada

Further reading

• “-ada” in Labayru Hiztegia

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -āta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.ða]

Suffix

-ada f (plural -ades)

1. forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs ending in -ar

   ‎parlar (“to speak”) + ‎-ada → ‎parlada (“spoken”)

Suffix

-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ades)

1. forms nouns signifying a collective or large quantity

   ‎gent (“people”) + ‎-ada → ‎gentada (“crowd”)

   ‎os (“bone”) + ‎-ada → ‎ossada (“skeleton”)

2. forms nouns signifying the contents of

   ‎boca (“boca”) + ‎-ada → ‎bocada (“mouthful”)

   ‎cistell (“basket”) + ‎-ada → ‎cistellada (“basketful”)

3. forms nouns signifying a hit or strike

   ‎bastó (“stick”) + ‎-ada → ‎bastonada (“a hit with a stick”)

4. forms nouns signifying an action characteristic of someone or something

   ‎català (“Catalan”) + ‎-ada → ‎catalanada (“Catalanism”)

5. forms nouns signifying the effect of a verb

   ‎fiblar (“to sting”) + ‎-ada → ‎fiblada (“a sting”)

6. forms nouns signifying a time period, especially in relation to another

   ‎dia (“day”) + ‎-ada → ‎diada (“a specific day; a kind of day; holiday”)

   ‎calçot (“onion”) + ‎-ada → ‎calçotada (“the time when these onions are eaten”)

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ada

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈada]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: a‧da

Suffix

-ada

1. See -ad-

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ada, from Latin -āta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaðɐ]

Suffix

-ada

1. forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitive ends in -ar
2. feminine singular of -ado

Suffix

-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -adas)

1. forms nouns signifying a collective or large quantity

   ‎gaspallo (“chaff”) + ‎-ada → ‎gaspallada (“dead brushwood and leaves”)

   ‎rapaz (“boy”) + ‎-ada → ‎rapazada (“the young ones; a group of boys”)

   ‎trapallo (“rag, tatter”) + ‎-ada → ‎trapallada (“mess”)

2. forms nouns, from the names of containers, meaning “as much as can be held by the container”; -ful

   ‎lar (“hearth”) + ‎-ada → ‎larada (“hearthful”)

   ‎man (“hand”) + ‎-ada → ‎mada (“handful”)

3. forms nouns, from the names of food, meaning “a dish whose primary ingredient is that food”

   ‎lacón (“pork shoulder”) + ‎-ada → ‎lacoada (“dish made of pork shoulder, greens and potatoes”)

4. forms nouns, from nouns denoting objects, meaning “a strike or blow with the object”

   ‎cu (“butt”) + ‎-ada → ‎cuada (“pratfall”)

   ‎panca (“rod; lever”) + ‎-ada → ‎pancada (“blow with a staff, rod, etc.”)

5. forms nouns, from verbs, denoting the action of the verb

   ‎chegar (“to arrive”) + ‎-ada → ‎chegada (“arrival”)

6. forms nouns, from the name of fruits, meaning “juice or jam made with that fruit”

   ‎marmelo (“quince”) + ‎-ada → ‎marmelada (“quince jam”)

Derived terms

From

Galician terms suffixed with -ada

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Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English -ade, French -ade, Italian -ata, Portuguese -ada/Spanish -ada. Also found in Russian in words such as лимонад (limonad, “lemonade”) and оранжад (oranžad, “orangeade”). All ultimately from Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈada/

Suffix

-ada

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a product; -ade

   ‎limon (“lemon”) + ‎-ada → ‎limonada (“lemonade”)

   ‎persica (“peach”) + ‎-ada → ‎persicada (“peachade”)

2. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a series; -ade

   ‎columna (“column”) + ‎-ada → ‎columnada (“colonade”)

   ‎fenestra (“window”) + ‎-ada → ‎fenestrada (“row of windows”)

Derived terms

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -ada not found

References

• Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• -ad, -ados

Etymology

See kadà (“when”). The -da is reminiscent of the Proto-Slavic particle *-de, as seen in *kъde.

Suffix

-adà

1. Produces adverbs of time

   ‎kas (“what”) + ‎-ada → ‎kada (“when”)

   ‎tas (“that”) + ‎-ada → ‎tada (“then”)

   ‎visas (“all”) + ‎-ada → ‎visada (“always”)

   ‎kitas (“other”) + ‎-ada → ‎kitados (“sometime”)

   ‎niekas (“nothing”) + ‎-ada → ‎niekada (“never”)

Derived terms

Lithuanian terms suffixed with -ada

Further reading

• Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, page 381
• Jānis Endzelīns (transl. W. R. Schmalstieg & B. Jēgers) (1971) “11. Adverbs § e. Adverbs from pronominal roots”, in Comparative phonology and morphology of the Baltic languages, De Gruyter, →ISBN, section 431, page 262

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese -ada, feminine equivalent of -ado.

Suffix

-ada

1. noun-forming suffix

   ‎fuzilâ (“to dazzle”) + ‎-ada → ‎fuzilada (“a flash produced by lightning”)

   ‎pitâ (“to escape”) + ‎-ada → ‎pitada (“escapade”)

Usage notes

• Unlike -ado, generally not used to form participles.

Derived terms

Macanese terms suffixed with -ada

Polish

Etymology

From French -ade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ada
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Suffix

-ada f

1. -ade, used to form nouns denoting action, or a person performing said action

   ‎błazen + ‎-ada → ‎błazenada

Declension

Declension of -ada

	singular	plural
nominative	-ada	-ady
genitive	-ady	-ad
dative	-adzie	-adom
accusative	-adę	-ady
instrumental	-adą	-adami
locative	-adzie	-adach
vocative	-ado	-ady

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -ada

Further reading

• -ada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ada, from Latin -āta.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Brazil):

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• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dɐ/ [ˈa.ðɐ]

Suffix

-ada f

1. forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitive ends in -ar

   ‎falar (“to speak”) + ‎-ada → ‎falada (“spoken”)

Suffix

-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -adas)

1. forms nouns, from nouns denoting objects, meaning “a strike or blow with the object”

   ‎cadeira (“chair”) + ‎-ada → ‎cadeirada (“blow with a chair”)

   ‎faca (“knife”) + ‎-ada → ‎facada (“knifing”)

   ‎cabo (“handle”) + ‎-ada → ‎cabada (“blow with a handle”)

2. forms nouns, from verbs, denoting the action of the verb

   ‎chegar (“to arrive”) + ‎-ada → ‎chegada (“arrival”)

   ‎largar (“to start running, in a race”) + ‎-ada → ‎largada (“the start of a race”)

3. forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection or excessive amount of the suffixed noun

   ‎dinheiro (“money”) + ‎-ada → ‎dinheirada (“a vast sum of money”)

   ‎bezerro (“calf”) + ‎-ada → ‎bezerrada (“herd of calves”)

4. forms nouns, from the names of containers, meaning “as much as can be held by the container”; -ful

   ‎colher (“spoon”) + ‎-ada → ‎colherada (“spoonful”)

   ‎xícara (“cup”) + ‎-ada → ‎xicarada (“cupful”)

5. forms nouns, from the names of food, meaning “a dish whose primary ingredient is that food”

   ‎feijão (“bean”) + ‎-ada → ‎feijoada (“feijoada”)

   ‎coalho (“curd”) + ‎-ada → ‎coalhada (“a dessert made of curd”)

6. forms nouns, from the name of fruits, meaning “juice or jam made with that fruit”

   ‎laranja (“orange”) + ‎-ada → ‎laranjada (“orange juice”)

   ‎marmelo (“quince”) + ‎-ada → ‎marmelada (“quince jam”)

7. feminine singular of -ado

Usage notes

Most words suffixed with -ada that indicate the action of a verb are always, or almost always, used in the form dar uma ___ada.

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ada

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -āta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈada/ [ˈa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: -a‧da

Suffix

-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -adas)

1. forms words, derived from nouns, signifying a whole

   ‎vaca (“cow”) + ‎-ada → ‎vacada (“herd”)

   ‎banda (“gang, band”) + ‎-ada → ‎bandada (“flock”)

2. forms words, derived from nouns, corresponding to -ful (as much as something will hold)

   ‎cuchara (“spoon”) + ‎-ada → ‎cucharada (“spoonful”)

   ‎boca (“mouth”) + ‎-ada → ‎bocanada (“mouthful”)

3. forms words indicating a period of time

   ‎otoño (“autumn”) + ‎-ada → ‎otoñada (“autumn-time”)

   ‎verano (“summer”) + ‎-ada → ‎veranada (“summer-time”)

4. forms words, derived from nouns, indicating a blow with the named object

   Synonym: -azo

   ‎palma (“palm”) + ‎-ada → ‎palmada (“slap”)

5. forms words indicating action

   ‎zanca (“leg”) + ‎-ada → ‎zancada (“stride”)

6. forms words indicating abundance or excess

   ‎río (“river”) + ‎-ada → ‎riada (“flood”)

Suffix

-ada f (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)

1. feminine singular of -ado: used with a stem to form the feminine singular past participle of regular -ar verbs

   ‎abrogar (“to abrogate”) + ‎-ada → ‎abrogada (“abrogated, abolished”)

   ‎migrar (“to migrate”) + ‎-ada → ‎migrada (“migrated”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ada

Further reading

• “-ada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10