FromLatin-ia andAncient Greek-ία(-ía),-εια(-eia), which form abstract nouns of feminine gender.

-ia f(taxonomy)

1. Used to form taxonomic names, especially to form genus names when appended to the name of a person, usually a scientist or a patron.

FromLatin-ia andAncient Greek-ία(-ía),-εια(-eia), which form abstract nouns of feminine gender.

-ia

1. Used in formingnames ofcountries,diseases,flowers, and rarelycollections ofthings (such asmilitaria,deletia).

• (collections of things):-ana,-ica

• -ian

From the endings of correspondingLatin andAncient Greek plural nouns.

-ia

1. Used in forming plurals of nouns in-ium and-ion.

• A-I,AI,Ai,a.i.,ai

-ia f (noun)

1. forms nouns, from adjectives, denoting states, conditions and qualities;-ness;-ity;-y;-hood

   ‎covard(“coward”) + ‎-ia → ‎covardia(“cowardice”)

2. forms the names of offices or jobs;-ship

   ‎comptador(“accountant”) + ‎-ia → ‎comptadoria(“accounting”)

3. forms placenames;-y;-ia

   ‎occità(“Occitan”) + ‎-ia → ‎Occitània(“Occitania”)

• “-ia”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025.
• “-ia” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

FromProto-Finnic*-idak, fromProto-Uralic*-j-.

• IPA^(key):/-iɑˣ/,[-iɑ̝(ʔ)]

-ia (front vowel harmony variant-iä,stem-i-,linguistic notation-i-or-iA)

1. Forms primarily transitive verbs describing repeating (frequentative) or continuous (continuative) action.

Note that if the stem has gradation, it is (almost always) preserved.

FromLatin-ia andAncient Greek-ία(-ía),-εια(-eia).

• IPA^(key):/-iɑ/,[-iɑ̝]

-ia

1. (in borrowings)Forms place names.

Usually:

FromLatin-ia andAncient Greek-ίᾱ(-íā).

• IPA^(key):/-iɑ/,[-iɑ̝]

-ia

1. (in borrowings)-y(forms abstract nouns from Latin or Greek roots)

Usually:

FromProto-Finnic*-jak, an old *k-lative (-(k)) of*-ja(denominative place name suffix).

• IPA^(key):/-iɑ(ˣ)/,[-iɑ̝(ʔ)]

-ia (front vowel harmony variant-iä,linguistic notation-iA)

1. Forms some adverbs, mainly with a directional meaning.

See-ea.

• IPA^(key):/-iɑ/,[-iɑ̝]

-ia (front vowel harmony variant-iä,linguistic notation-iA)(dialectal)

1. Alternative form of-ea

• Used in the same way as the standard-ea: e.g.korkia "high", standardkorkea.
• Commonly associated with both Northern and Southern Ostrobothnian dialects, but also the predominant type in Peräpohja and southeastern (aka "Karelian") dialects.
• This form was standard until the 19th century, when it was replaced by the current standard-ea.

• Erkki Savolainen, 1998, compiled for the University of Eastern Finland (archived page)

• ai

FromProto-Finnic*-idak. Cognates includeFinnish-ia.

• (Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key):/-iɑ/,[-iɑ]
• (Soikkola)IPA^(key):/-iɑ/,[-iɑ]

-ia (front vowel variant-iä)

1. Used to formcontinuative verbs from other verbs.

   ‎hypätä(“to jump”) + ‎-ia → ‎hyppiä(“to hop”)

2. Used to form transitive verbs describing a continuous action with a nominal.

   ‎nokka(“beak”) + ‎-ia → ‎nokkia(“to peck”)

3. Used to form intransitive verbs describing the creation of a nominal.

   ‎kukka(“flower”) + ‎-ia → ‎kukkia(“to blossom”)

   ‎poika(“young”) + ‎-ia → ‎poikia(“to calve”)