უ- -ალი
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Pronunciation edit
Circumfix edit
- Circumfixed to nouns or verbal nouns to form adjectives meaning 'without (noun affixed)': -less, un-, in- im-, lacking in something, devoid of something.
Usage notes edit
A variation of უ- -არი (u- -ari), when the circumfixed word doesn’t contain the letter ლ (l), or if it does, the letter in question is followed by the letter რ (r) just before the suffix part. Compare უცინარი (ucinari) and უტირალი (uṭirali). Also see პორტუგალიური (ṗorṭugaliuri) to understand this consonant harmony, which can be represented schematically as:
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