-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

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

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