-erna
Latin
Etymology
Related to -urnus, rnus.
Suffix
-ernus (feminine -erna, neuter -ernum); first/second-declension suffix
- A noun-forming suffix, used to denote a place or container.
Derived terms
- caverna (cave, cavern, from cav- “hollow”)
- cisterna (cistern, reservoir, from cist- "box, chest")
- lucerna (lamp, lantern, from luc- “light”)
- taberna (hut, shop, tavern, perhaps from tab- “board” or trab- “beam”)
Swedish
Etymology
-er (plural) + -na (definite). Usually corresponds to Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk -ene (or Danish -erne)
Suffix
-erna
- Suffix for definite plural for nouns of the third declension (common and neuter gender) which in indefinite form have the suffix -er
See also
- plural suffix