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ea

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ee, ea, æ, from Old English ēa (“river”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu (“waters, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Doublet of aqua.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ea (plural eas)

1. (UK dialect or archaic) A river or watercourse.

Derived terms

• eddy

Related terms

• Eau
• eau
• yeo

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Determiner

ea

1. Alternative form of ea..

References

• “ea”, in OED 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?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, 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

From Latin illa, feminine of ille. Compare Romanian ea.

Pronoun

ea f (plural eali)

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

Synonyms

• nãsã/nãsa

Pronoun

ea f

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 genitive and feminine 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]
• Rhymes: -ea, -a
• Hyphenation: e‧a

Particle

ea

1. Used in indirect questions as an intensifier.

   Ea nork egin dituen etxeko lanak. ― Let's see who has done the homework.

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

   Ea azkar sendatzen zaren. ― I hope you get well soon.

Usage notes

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

Further reading

• “ea”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “ea”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Estonian

Noun

ea

1. genitive singular of iga

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *eqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛ.jə]

Noun

ea

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

Verb

ea

1. (intransitive) to rise, go up
2. (intransitive) to smell

References

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

Irish

Alternative forms

• eadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ed (“it”). Ultimately akin to English it, Latin id, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/, (after ba) /ja/

Pronoun

ea

1. it

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• mar ea
• ní hea
• sea

See also

Korean

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From English ea. (“whole piece”).

Symbol

ea • (ea)

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

   총 10ea.

   5ea 정도.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *íh₂.

Pronunciation

• ea: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈe.a]
• ea: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.a]
• eā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈe.aː]
• eā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.a]

Pronoun

ea

1. nominative feminine singular of is: "she", "it" (referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun) "this", "that" (likewise referring to feminine nouns)
2. nominative neuter plural of is: "they (things)"
3. accusative neuter plural of is: "them (things)"

Pronoun

eā f

1. ablative feminine singular of is

Declension

First-declension noun.

See also

Etymology 2

Declined from is. It stands as if for eā viā ("this/that way"). Compare eō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈe.aː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.a]

Adverb

eā (not comparable)

1. there
2. that way
3. on that side

Derived terms

• eāpropter
• eātenus

Related terms

References

• “ea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• 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 of ee

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ͜ɑː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).

Alternative forms

• ǣ
• *ēo

Noun

ēa f (nominative plural ēa or ēan)

1. river
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

2. running water, stream

Usage notes

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

Declension

Descendants

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

See also

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

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps from earlier *eah, *æh, from Proto-West Germanic *a, *ah (“ah”), related to Old High German a, ah (“ah”). Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *au, cognate with Old High German au, 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

Inherited from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja/, (hypercorrect) /e̯a/
• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: ia

Pronoun

ea f (third-person singular, plural ele, masculine equivalent el)

1. (nominative form) she

   Synonym: (polite form) dumneaei

Declension

Pronoun

ea f (stressed accusative form of ea)

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

References

• “ea”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēia.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

¡ea!

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

Further reading

• “ea”, 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

West Frisian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪə̯/

Adverb

ea

1. (literary) ever, at any time

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org