-ias

See also: ias, ías, -ías, and -iäs

Finnish

Etymology

Probably from -ja (agent suffix) +‎ -as.

Suffix

-ias (front vowel harmony variant -iäs, linguistic notation -iAs)

1. Forms adjectives and sometimes nouns, often from verbs describing doing such an action often.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -ias

• -lias
• -elias

Anagrams

• -isa, ais, sai

Hungarian

Etymology

From -i (adjective-forming suffix) +‎ -as (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ijɒʃ]
• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Suffix

-ias

1. (adjective-forming suffix) reminding of, appropriate to, characteristic of (added to a noun to form an adjective)

   ‎város (“city, town”) + ‎-ias → ‎városias (“urban, reminding of/appropriate to a city or town”)

Usage notes

• (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:

  -ias is added to back-vowel words

  -ies is added to front-vowel words

Declension

Inflection of -ias
	singular	plural
nominative	-ias	-iasak
accusative	-iasat -iast	-iasakat
dative	-iasnak	-iasaknak
instrumental	-iassal	-iasakkal
causal-final	-iasért	-iasakért
translative	-iassá	-iasakká
terminative	-iasig	-iasakig
essive-formal	-iasként	-iasakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	-iasban	-iasakban
superessive	-iason	-iasakon
adessive	-iasnál	-iasaknál
illative	-iasba	-iasakba
sublative	-iasra	-iasakra
allative	-iashoz	-iasakhoz
elative	-iasból	-iasakból
delative	-iasról	-iasakról
ablative	-iastól	-iasaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	-iasé	-iasaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	-iaséi	-iasakéi

Derived terms

Hungarian terms suffixed with -ias

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Latin

Etymology

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Suffix

-iās

1. accusative feminine plural of -ius

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• -jas (after vowels)
• -ỹs (under stress)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jas; which also gave Latvian -̧s, -̧š – compare žálias : zaļš (“green”); tùsčias : tukšs (“empty”). Also related is the Proto-Slavic masculine *-ь. Ultimately, a thematised variant of i-stems (see -is), either of Proto-Indo-European age (cf. *-yós), or of more recent formation. Under stress, *-iós gave Lithuanian -ỹs; see for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-ʲɐs/

Suffix

-ias

1. Masculine nominative singular ending for i̯o-stem nouns and adjectives.

   (nouns) élnias, kélias, mẽdžias, svẽčias, vélnias

   (adjectives): bẽrgždžias, kùrčias, pė́ščias, šviẽžias, trẽčias, tùsčias, žálias

Declension

(nouns):

Declension of -ias

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	-ias	-iai
genitive (kilmininkas)	-io	-ių
dative (naudininkas)	-iui	-iams
accusative (galininkas)	-ią	-ius
instrumental (įnagininkas)	-iu	-iais
locative (vietininkas)	-yje	-iuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	-iau	-iai

See also

• -ius