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

2. Used in formingplacenames, especially ofcountries.
3. Used in forming names ofdiseases.
4. Used in forming names offlowers.
5. (rare)Used in forming names ofcollections ofthings.

   militaria,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 loanwords)Forms place names.

Usually:

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

• IPA^(key): /-iɑ/,[-iɑ̝]

-ia

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

Usually: