-ə
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the use of this symbol as a neutral vowel in other languages and transcription systems.[1]
Suffix
[edit]-ə (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ə or (less commonly) -ɜ)
-ə n (noun-forming suffix, usually invariable, plural (less commonly) -ɜ) (gender-neutral, neologism, uncommon)
- word ending for adjectives and noun, as a replacement of -o and -a as a means to include both genders (exclusively in writing)
Usage notes
[edit]- The usage of the symbol is most often restricted to the written language of left-wing youth activism.
- The plural form -ɜ, hard to properly encode, is most often found as -3.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Probably standardized by the site Italiano Inclusivo.
Khalaj
[edit]Suffix
[edit]preceding vowel | |
---|---|
A / I / O / U | E / Ə / İ / Ö / Ü |
-a | -ə |
-ə
- Form of -kə after first and second person possessive suffixes
Categories:
- Italian lemmas
- Italian suffixes
- Italian adjective-forming suffixes
- Italian terms spelled with Ə
- Italian noun-forming suffixes
- Italian indeclinable suffixes
- Italian countable suffixes
- Italian neuter suffixes
- Italian gender-neutral terms
- Italian neologisms
- Italian uncommon terms
- Italian terms with usage examples
- Khalaj non-lemma forms
- Khalaj suffix forms