-aesuffix

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element; see e.g. the plural of lamina n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -ae.

Etymology: < classical Latin and scientific Latin -ae, nominative plural ending of masculine and feminine nouns with singulars ending in -a.In fully naturalized and non-technical words the usual English plural ending -s is substituted for -ae , as in arenas , areas , auroras , hyenas , fuchsias , calceolarias , Floras , Faunas , Julias , Marias , Cleopatras , the two Americas . The plural ending in -ae is normally retained in English only in words which are not naturalized or are found only in technical use, as actiniae (see actinia n.), alae (see ala n.¹), laminae (see lamina n.), larvae (see larva n.), nebulae (see nebula n.), striae (see stria n.), although in many of these it varies with the plural in -s ; sometimes this variation patterns with particular senses, such as mathematical formulae , theological formulas (see formula n.). Because Latin borrowings of Greek words with nominative plural in -αι (namely masculine and feminine nouns with singulars ending in -η , -α , -ης , -ας ) regularly had the plural ending -ae , many English words showing plural forms in -ae are ultimately of Greek origin, either having entered English via Latin, or (in a small number of cases) showing substitution of -ae for Greek -αι within English. Compare e.g. agape n., agora n.¹, amphora n., amygdala n.

Forming the plural of nouns with singulars ending in -a or -e derived from Latin and Greek masculine and feminine nouns.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	-ae
释义	-aesuffix Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element; see e.g. the plural of lamina n. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -ae. Etymology: < classical Latin and scientific Latin -ae, nominative plural ending of masculine and feminine nouns with singulars ending in -a.In fully naturalized and non-technical words the usual English plural ending -s is substituted for -ae , as in arenas , areas , auroras , hyenas , fuchsias , calceolarias , Floras , Faunas , Julias , Marias , Cleopatras , the two Americas . The plural ending in -ae is normally retained in English only in words which are not naturalized or are found only in technical use, as actiniae (see actinia n.), alae (see ala n.¹), laminae (see lamina n.), larvae (see larva n.), nebulae (see nebula n.), striae (see stria n.), although in many of these it varies with the plural in -s ; sometimes this variation patterns with particular senses, such as mathematical formulae , theological formulas (see formula n.). Because Latin borrowings of Greek words with nominative plural in -αι (namely masculine and feminine nouns with singulars ending in -η , -α , -ης , -ας ) regularly had the plural ending -ae , many English words showing plural forms in -ae are ultimately of Greek origin, either having entered English via Latin, or (in a small number of cases) showing substitution of -ae for Greek -αι within English. Compare e.g. agape n., agora n.¹, amphora n., amygdala n. Forming the plural of nouns with singulars ending in -a or -e derived from Latin and Greek masculine and feminine nouns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < suffix
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