-ba

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Bambara

Suffix

-ba

  1. (augmentative suffix)
    ‎dugu + ‎-ba → ‎duguba

Basque

Suffix

-ba

  1. (non-productive) Kinship suffix. It is usually found attached to unknown stems.

Derived terms

References

  • “-ba” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech -ba, from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ba f (noun-forming suffix)

  1. forms feminine nouns usually denoting an action, process or its result
    ‎chodit + ‎-ba → ‎chodba
    ‎sloužit + ‎-ba → ‎služba

Declension

Declension of -ba (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative -ba -by
genitive -by -b
dative -bě -bám
accusative -bu -by
vocative -bo -by
locative -bě -bách
instrumental -bou -bami

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -ba
bohoslužba
čelba
četba
dělba
dělostřelba
dlažba
dražba
hanba
honba
hradba
hrozba
hudba
chodba
kalba
klenba
kresba
léčba
lučba
lukostřelba
malba
orba
palba
pařba
pažba
perokresba
platba
plavba
prosba
přestavba
ražba
sadba
sazba
skladba
služba
stavba
sudba
šalba
těžba
toužba
tržba
tužba
tvorba
údržba
úlitba
vazba
věštba
volba
výmalba
výsadba
výstavba

See also

Further reading

  • -ba in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Garo

Affix

-ba

  1. affirmative affix, indeed
  2. also

Antonyms

Gothic

Romanization

-ba

  1. Romanization of -𐌱𐌰

Hungarian

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case v. pr. c.
nom. – ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅		 – –
acc. -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt		 kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅		 – c1
c2
dat. -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- c
ins. -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel		 azzal/
avval		 vele c
c-f. -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte – c
tra. -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá – – c
ter. -ig – meddig eddig addig – – c
e-f. -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként – – c
e-m. -ul / -ül – – – – – – c
ine. -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne – c
sup. -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) c
ade. -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála – c
ill. -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- c
sub. -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá rá- c
all. -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- c
el. -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle – c
del. -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla – c
abl. -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle – c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be
construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ba/-be (illative case suffix)

  1. into
    ház (“house”) → a házba (“into the house”)
  2. Eye dialect spelling of -ban.

Usage notes

  • (illative case suffix) Variants:
    -ba is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
    alma (“apple”) → Beleharapott egy almába. ― He/she has bitten into an apple.
    -be is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
    zene (“music”) → Variációkat dolgoztunk bele a zenébe. ― We worked variations into the music.
   Hungarian case suffixes
Case Back vowel
a, á, o, ó, u, ú 		Front vowel
unrounded
e, é, i, í 		rounded
ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative —
accusative -t
-ot / -at -et -öt
dative -nak -nek
instrumental -val -vel
causal-final -ért
translative -vá -vé
terminative -ig
essive-formal -ként
essive-modal -ul -ül
inessive -ban -ben
superessive -n
-on -en -ön
adessive -nál -nél
illative -ba -be
sublative -ra -re
allative -hoz -hez -höz
elative -ból -ből
delative -ról -ről
ablative -tól -től
Note for all endings:
Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except before -ként.
    alma — almában, but almaként
    zene ― zenében, but zeneként

See also

Japanese

Romanization

-ba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ば

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification:
  • Homophone: ba

Suffix

-ba f

  1. (not productive) forms feminine nouns meaning the action of a verb
    ‎służyć + ‎-ba → ‎służba

Declension

Declension of -ba
singular plural
nominative -ba -by
genitive -by -b
dative -bie -bom
accusative -bę -by
instrumental -bą -bami
locative -bie -bach
vocative -bo -by

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -ba
chwalba
ciżba
gańba
gędźba
gońba
goręcba
grodźba
groźba
kośba
lejba
liczba
prośba
rachuba
rzeźba
siejba
służba
strzelba
wieszczba
wróżba
życzba

See also

Further reading

  • -ba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Suffix

-ba (Cyrillic spelling -ба)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting an action.

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia