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Italian
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Pronunciation
Suffix -ava (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix )
used with a stem to form the third-person imperfect of regular -are
Latvian
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Suffix -ava
Used to form nouns from verbs, sometimes from adjectives.
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Old Czech
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Pronunciation
Suffix -ava f
forms feminine nouns lakati -ava → lakava křikati -ava → křikava nadati -ava → nadava naplaviti -ava → náplava ohaviti -ava → ohava
Derived terms
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology Inherited from Latin -ābam Latin -ābat
Suffix -ava (1st conj. )
a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar amar ( “ to love ” ) + -ava → amava ( “ used to love ” ) cantar ( “ to sing ” ) + -ava → cantava ( “ used to sing ” ) a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar amar ( “ to love ” ) + -ava → amava ( “ used to love ” ) cantar ( “ to sing ” ) + -ava → cantava ( “ used to sing ” )
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ava Latin -ābam Latin -ābat Galician Spanish -aba
Pronunciation
Suffix -ava
a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar amar ( “ to love ” ) + -ava → amava ( “ used to love ” ) cantar ( “ to sing ” ) + -ava → cantava ( “ used to sing ” ) a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar amar ( “ to love ” ) + -ava → amava ( “ used to love ” ) cantar ( “ to sing ” ) + -ava → cantava ( “ used to sing ” )
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Suffix -ava (Cyrillic spelling -ава
Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting the result of a verbal stem it's appended onto.
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Spanish
Suffix -ava
feminine singular of -avo