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Georgian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uli/
- Hyphenation: -ული
Suffix
-ული • (-uli)
- An adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form denoting origination or having a quality: -an, -ic
- გმირი (gmiri, “hero”) + -ული (-uli) → გმირული (gmiruli, “heroic”)
- არაბი (arabi, “Arab”) + -ული (-uli) → არაბული (arabuli, “Arabic”)
- ადმინისტრაცია (adminisṭracia, “administration”) + -ული (-uli) → ადმინისტრაციული (adminisṭraciuli, “administrative”)
- გრამატიკა (gramaṭiḳa, “grammar”) + -ული (-uli) → გრამატიკული (gramaṭiḳuli, “grammatical”)
- A surname suffix in the northern (mountainous) part of Georgia
- ჭინჭარა (č̣inč̣ara) + -ული (-uli) → ჭინჭარაული (č̣inč̣arauli)
- ქერა (kera) + -ული (-uli) → ქერაული (kerauli)
Usage notes
This form arose as a result of dissimilation. It is used when რ (r) is present anywhere in the stem.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Bye, P. (2011). Dissimilation. In The Blackwell Companion to Phonology (eds M. Oostendorp, C.J. Ewen, E. Hume and K. Rice).