-ба
See also: ба and Appendix:Variations of "ba"
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic -ьба (-ĭba), from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ба • (-ba) f
- Forms action nouns from verbs or other nouns.
- мо́ля (mólja, “to ask; to beseech”) + -ба (-ba) → молба́ (molbá, “request; petition”)
- творя́ (tvorjá, “to create”) + -ба (-ba) → творба́ (tvorbá, “piece of art or music; creation”)
- крада́ (kradá, “to steal”) + -ба (-ba) → кра́жба (krážba, “theft”)
- сват (svat, “matchmaker”) + -ба (-ba) → сва́тба (svátba, “wedding”)
- врач (vrač, “fortune teller”) + -ба (-ba) → врачба́ (vračbá, “fortune-telling”)
- гост (gost, “guest”) + -ба (-ba) → го́зба (gózba, “dish”) (originally, food served to guests)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- -итба (-itba)
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ба • (-ba) f
- Suffix appended to verbs to create feminine nouns.
Derived terms edit
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- -ьба (-ʹba)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.
Suffix edit
-ба • (-ba)
- a noun forming suffix
- дру́жба ― drúžba ― friendship
- стрельба́ ― strelʹbá ― shooting
Declension edit
Note: can be stressed and unstressed
Derived terms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.
Suffix edit
-ба (Latin spelling -ba)
- Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting an action.
See also edit
Ukrainian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Ruthenian -ба (-ba), from Old East Slavic -ьба (-ĭba), from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ба • (-ba)