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Georgian
Pronunciation
Circumfix
უ- -ალი • (u- -ali)
- Circumfixed to nouns or verbal nouns to form adjectives meaning 'without (noun affixed)': -less, un-, in- im-, lacking in something, devoid of something.
- ტირილი (ṭirili, “crying”) → უტირალი (uṭirali, “tearless, without crying”)
Usage notes
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:
- ლ (l) → რ (r)
- რ (r) → ლ (l)
- რ (r) → ლ (l) → რ (r)
- ლ (l) → რ (r) → ლ (l)
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