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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-tьba. Originally, the suffix was only applied to verbs with historical infinitives in *-iti, but in modern Bulgarian there are exceptions to that (e.g. върши́тба (vǎršítba)). Cognates include Serbo-Croatian -идба.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-и́тба • (-ítba) f
- Deverbal, forms nouns that express the action of the verb.
- се́я (séja, “to sow”) + -итба (-itba) → сеи́тба (seítba, “sowing, sowing time”)
- же́ня (žénja, “to marry”) + -итба (-itba) → жени́тба (ženítba, “marriage”)
- го́ня (gónja, “to chase; to pursue”) + -итба (-itba) → гони́тба (gonítba, “chase; pursuit”)
- върша́ (vǎršá, “to thresh”) (dialectal) + -итба (-itba) → върши́тба (vǎršítba, “threshing, threshing time”)
- деля́ (deljá, “to divide”) + -итба (-itba) → дели́тба (delítba, “division; partition; distribution (of inheritance, assets)”)
Derived terms