a-endelse
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
a + endelse, first part from Latin a, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through Etruscan, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite 
, from Proto-Sinaitic 
, from Egyptian 𓃾.
Last part from both Old Norse enda, from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end,”), from both *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front”), from *h₂ent- (“face”), perhaps from *h₂en- (“on”) + and from *-ōną, either from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti, from *-eh₂ + *-yéti, or from Proto-Indo-European *-(e)h₂yéti, from *-(e)h₂ti, last part from either Danish -else, from Old Danish -ælsæ -ilse, from Old Saxon -isli, -islo, or from West Germanic and Middle Low German -nisse.
Pronunciation
Noun
a-endelse m (definite singular a-endelsen, indefinite plural a-endelser, definite plural a-endelsene)
- (grammar) an a-ending; the letter a used as a suffix (especially for Norwegian nouns, verbs, and adjectives)
- Synonyms: a-ending, a-form
- Ordene 'boka' og 'kasta' har a-endelse.
- The words 'boka' (the book) and 'kasta' (threw) have a-endings.
- 1955, Jens Bjørneboe, Jonas, page 52:
- ordene kom langsomt, ett og ett ble de ropt ut med lange mellemrum, med sterk salvelse og proppet av diftonger og a-endelser
- the words came slowly, one by one they were shouted out at long intervals, with strong anointing and stuffed with diphthongs and a-endings
- 1968, Farmand, page 22:
- utidig manierte a-endelser irriterer litt
- untimely mannered a-suffixes irritate a little
- 1988 November 26, Dagens Næringsliv, page 34:
- overforbruk av bråkjekke a-endelser som i denne …
- overconsumption of cocky a-suffixes as in this…
- 2012 April 30, Aftenposten, page 2:
- Aftenposten har i mange år hatt et anstrengt forhold til a-endelser
- Aftenposten has for many years had a strained relationship with a-endings
References
- “a-endelse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “a-endelse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).