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Georgian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ობა • (-oba)
- Used to form a noun from an adjective or noun; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description: -hood, -ism, -ery, -ness
- ძმობა ― ʒmoba ― brotherhood
- გმირობა ― gmiroba ― heroism
- ვაჟკაცობა ― važḳacoba ― bravery
- ავადმყოფობა ― avadmq̇opoba ― illness
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Laz
Suffix
-ობა • (-oba) (Latin spelling -oba)
- It produces an abstract noun by adding it after the noun and adjective: -hood, -ism, -ery, -ness
- მონკა (monǩa, “heavy”) + -ობა (-oba) → მონკანობა (monǩanoba, “heaviness”)
- ბადი (badi, “old (man)”) + -ობა (-oba) → ბადობა (badoba, “old age (man)”)
- ჯუმა (cuma, “brother”) + -ობა (-oba) → ჯუმალობა (cumaloba, “brotherhood”)
- ტუწა (ťuǯa, “hot”) + -ობა (-oba) → ტუწანობა (ťuǯanoba, “temperature, heat, warmth”)
- (dialectal, Batumi) It generates the name of the plant that expresses the crop time of that plant by adding it to the plant name
- ბინჯი (binci, “rice”) + -ობა (-oba) → ბინჯობა (bincoba, “rice time”)
- მჟოლი (mjoli, “mulberry”) + -ობა (-oba) → მჟოლობა (mjoloba, “mulberry time”)
- მბული (mbuli, “cherry”) + -ობა (-oba) → მბულობა (mbuloba, “cherry time”)
- მთხირი (mtxiri, “hazelnut”) + -ობა (-oba) → მთხირობა (mtxiroba, “hazelnut time”)
- It produces an abstract noun by adding it after the verb root. No longer productive
- ხელ- (xel-, “to rejoice, to be happy”) + -ობა (-oba) → ხელობა (xeloba, “happiness”)
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