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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ьба or -ьба́ • (-ʹba or -ʹbá)
- Forms abstract or action nouns.
- ходи́ть (xodítʹ) + -ьба́ (-ʹbá) → ходьба́ (xodʹbá)
- -боро́ть (-borótʹ) + -ьба́ (-ʹbá) → борьба́ (borʹbá)
- стреля́ть (streljátʹ) + -ьба́ (-ʹbá) → стрельба́ (strelʹbá)
- сват (svat) + -ьба (-ʹba) → сва́дьба (svádʹba)
- друг (drug) + -ба (-ba) → дру́жба (drúžba)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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-ьба, -ьба́
-ʹba, -ʹbá
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-ьбы, -ьбы́
-ʹby, -ʹbý
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| genitive
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-ьбы, -ьбы́
-ʹby, -ʹbý
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-еб, -ёб
-eb, -jób
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| dative
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-ьбе, -ьбе́
-ʹbe, -ʹbé
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-ьбам, -ьба́м
-ʹbam, -ʹbám
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| accusative
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-ьбу, -ьбу́
-ʹbu, -ʹbú
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-ьбы, -ьбы́
-ʹby, -ʹbý
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| instrumental
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-ьбой, -ьбою, -ьбо́й, -ьбо́ю
-ʹboj, -ʹboju, -ʹbój, -ʹbóju
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-ьбами, -ьба́ми
-ʹbami, -ʹbámi
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| prepositional
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-ьбе, -ьбе́
-ʹbe, -ʹbé
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-ьбах, -ьба́х
-ʹbax, -ʹbáx
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Derived terms
Ukrainian
- -ба (-ba) — after the unpaired sounds ч ж ш щ and р
- -да (-da)
- (possibly) -оба (-oba)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian -ьба (-ʹba), from Old East Slavic -ьба (-ĭba), from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ьба • (-ʹba)
- -ing (deverbal suffix used to form action nouns)
- стріля́ти (striljáty, “to shoot, to fire”) + -ьба (-ʹba) → стрільба́ (strilʹbá, “shooting, firing”)
- боро́ти (boróty, “to fight”) + -ьба (-ʹba) → боротьба́ (borotʹbá, “fighting, fight”)
- гуля́ти (huljáty, “to party”) + -ьба (-ʹba) → гульба́ (hulʹbá, “partying”)
- хвали́тися (xvalýtysja, “to boast”) + -ьба (-ʹba) → хвальба́ (xvalʹbá, “boasting”)
- deverbal suffix used to form nouns that denote the result or product of the action
- суди́ти (sudýty, “to judge”) + -ьба (-ʹba) → судьба́ (sudʹbá, “fate, gossip”)
- рі́зати (rízaty, “to cut”) + -ьба (-ʹba) → різьба́ (rizʹbá, “screw thread”)
- проси́ти (prosýty, “to ask”) + -ьба (-ʹba) → про́сьба (prósʹba, “request”)
- жури́ти (žurýty, “to upset, to trouble”) + -ба (-ba) → журба́ (žurbá, “sorrow, sadness”)
- denominal suffix used to form related nouns
- друг (druh, “to friend”) + -ба (-ba) → дру́жба (drúžba, “friendship”)
- сват (svat, “to go-between, matchmaker”) + -ьба (-ʹba) → сва́дьба (svádʹba, “wedding”)
Derived terms