-ба

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic -ьба (-ĭba), from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ба • (-ba) f

  1. 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

Bulgarian terms suffixed with -ба

Related terms

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ба • (-ba) f

  1. Suffix appended to verbs to create feminine nouns.
    ‎дели (deli) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎делба (delba)
    ‎моли (moli) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎молба (molba)
    ‎гради (gradi) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎градба (gradba)
    ‎сретне (sretne) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎средба (sredba)

Derived terms

Macedonian terms suffixed with -ба

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Suffix

-ба • (-ba)

  1. a noun forming suffix
    дру́жба ― drúžba ― friendship
    стрельба́ ― strelʹbá ― shooting

Declension

Note: can be stressed and unstressed

Declension of -ба (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative -ба
-ba 		-бы
-by
genitive -бы
-by 		-б
-b
dative -бе
-be 		-бам
-bam
accusative -бу
-bu 		-бы
-by
instrumental -бой, -бою
-boj, -boju 		-бами
-bami
prepositional -бе
-be 		-бах
-bax

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ба

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Suffix

-ба (Latin spelling -ba)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting an action.

See also

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian -ба (-ba), from Old East Slavic -ьба (-ĭba), from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ба • (-ba)

  1. Alternative form of -ьба (-ʹba)
    ‎служи́ти (služýty) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎слу́жба (slúžba)
    ‎тягну́ти (tjahnúty) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎тяжба́ (tjažbá)
    ‎лічи́ти (ličýty) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎лічба́ (ličbá)
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