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Georgian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uri/,
- Hyphenation: -ური
Suffix
-ური • (-uri)
- An adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form denoting origination or having a quality: -an, -ic
- კაცი (ḳaci, “man”) + -ური (-uri) → კაცური (ḳacuri, “manly”)
- აფხაზი (apxazi, “Abkhaz”) + -ური (-uri) → აფხაზური (apxazuri, “Abkhazian”) (refers only to things)
- დოკუმენტი (doḳumenṭi, “document”) + -ური (-uri) → დოკუმენტური (doḳumenṭuri, “documentary”)
- A surname suffix in the northern (mountainous) part of Georgia
Usage notes
- When appended to nouns and proper nouns, such as country names or ethnicities, the -ish, -ic or -ian adjectives it produces only apply to things, such as abstract concepts like culture, or inanimate things like buildings, or non-human animals like dogs. For producting nationality-based nouns referring to people, another suffix, namely -ელი (-eli) is needed.
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