# -ra
## Basque
### Alternative forms

* -era (after consonants)

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Suffix

-ra
* Allative singular suffix.
    ‎ibai (“river”) + ‎-ra → ‎ibaira (“to the river”)
* [with verbal noun] in order to

#### Derived terms
### References

* “-ra” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* -r

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-ra, from Proto-Finno-Ugric [Term?].

### Suffix

-ra (front vowel harmony variant -rä, linguistic notation -rA)
* Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal stems.

#### Derived terms

* -ero
* -re
* -roida

## Garo
### Suffix

-ra
* used to make suggestions
    Iara?What about this?

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -rɒ

### Suffix

-ra/-re (sublative case suffix)
* (of place) onto, on
    asztal (“table”) → Tedd az asztalra. ― Put it on the table.
* (of time) for, by
    pillanat (“moment”) → egy pillanatra ― for a moment
    szerda (“Wednesday”) → Kész lesz szerdára? ― Will it be ready by Wednesday?

#### Usage notes

* (sublative case suffix) Variants:
    -ra is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
       pad (“bench”) → Leültem egy padra. ― I sat down on a bench.
       alma (“apple”) → Allergiás vagyok az almára. ― I am allergic to apples.
    -re is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
       szék (“chair”) → Leültem egy székre. ― I sat down on a chair.
       béke (“peace”) → Mindenki békére vágyik. ― Everyone longs for peace.
| Case | Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú | Front vowel | Front vowel |
| Case | Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú | unrounded e, é, i, í | rounded ö, ő, ü, ű |
| nominative | — | — | — |
| accusative | -t | -t | -t |
| accusative | -ot / -at | -et | -öt |
| dative | -nak | -nek | -nek |
| instrumental | -val | -vel | -vel |
| causal-final | -ért | -ért | -ért |
| translative | -vá | -vé | -vé |
| terminative | -ig | -ig | -ig |
| essive-formal | -ként | -ként | -ként |
| essive-modal | -ul | -ül | -ül |
| inessive | -ban | -ben | -ben |
| superessive | -n | -n | -n |
| superessive | -on | -en | -ön |
| adessive | -nál | -nél | -nél |
| illative | -ba | -be | -be |
| sublative | -ra | -re | -re |
| allative | -hoz | -hez | -höz |
| elative | -ból | -ből | -ből |
| delative | -ról | -ről | -ről |
| ablative | -tól | -től | -től |
| Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except before -ként.  alma — almában, but almaként  zene ― zenében, but zeneként ||||

### See also

* rá
* Category:Hungarian terms taking -ra/-re
* Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
$^1$Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns /

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* -radh (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Irish -rad.

### Suffix

-ra m
* Collective suffix, attached to nouns or adjectives, used to form nouns: -ry, -y
    ‎milseog (“dessert”) + ‎-ra → ‎milseogra (“confectionery”)
    ‎glas (“green”) + ‎-ra → ‎glasra (“vegetable; originally “greenery”)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
-ra
-raí
vocative
a -ra
a -raí
genitive
-ra
-raí
dative
-ra
-raí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an -ra
na -raí
genitive
an -ra
na -raí
dative
leis an -ra don -ra
leis na -raí :

#### Derived terms
## Japanese
### Romanization

-ra
* Rōmaji transcription of ら

## Mayo
### Suffix

-ra
* Suffix forming adjectives from nouns.
    ‎cobba (“head”) + ‎-ra → ‎cóbaꞌara (“big-headed”)

#### Derived terms
### References

* Collard, Howard, Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984) Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 203

## Murui Huitoto
### Etymology

From raa (“thing”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [-ɾa]

### Classifier

-ra
* Classifier for inanimate objects.

#### Derived terms
### References

* Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 208
* Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 83

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɑ/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *iʀō, *-ōʀō, from Proto-Germanic *-izô or Proto-Germanic *-ōzô

#### Suffix

-ra
* Used to form the comparative degree of adjectives
    ‎strang (“strong”) + ‎-ra → ‎strengra (“stronger”)

##### Descendants

* Middle English: -ere

### Etymology 2
#### Suffix

-ra
* Used to form the genitive plural of adjectives
    ‎strang (“strong”) + ‎-ra → ‎strangra (“of the strong (ones)”)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ra/

### Suffix

-ra f
* nominal suffix

#### Usage notes

* This suffix is only used for one word: kostra, hence the genitive plural form -or, the dative plural form -ram and the locative plural form -rach are hypothetical.