-ata

Share Button

[ˈata]

1. Derivative suffix Added to a noun, it derives a new noun with a meaning of hit, set or content. Example: semain, semen, semainata, seed; petra, stone, petrata, hit from a stone.

Etymology: From Latin -ata.

2. Derivative suffix Feminine version of the derivative suffix -at, corresponding to a participle.

Etymology: From -at plus feminine derivative suffix -a.