-ба

See also: ба and Appendix:Variations of "ba"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic -ьба (-ĭba), from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ba] (stressed in some compounds)
• IPA^(key): [-bɐ]

Suffix

-ба • (-ba) f

1. Forms action nouns from verbs or other nouns.

   ‎мо́ля (mólja, “to ask; to beseech”) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎молба́ (molbá, “request; petition”)

   ‎творя́ (tvorjá, “to create”) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎творба́ (tvorbá, “piece of art or music; creation”)

   ‎крада́ (kradá, “to steal”) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎кра́жба (krážba, “theft”)

   ‎сват (svat, “matchmaker”) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎сва́тба (svátba, “wedding”)

   ‎врач (vrač, “fortune teller”) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎врачба́ (vračbá, “fortune-telling”)

   ‎гост (gost, “guest”) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎го́зба (gózba, “dish”) (originally, food served to guests)

Derived terms

Bulgarian terms suffixed with -ба

алчба

борба

везба

веселба

врачба

галба

гозба

дажба

дарба

дружба

дялба

жалба

желба

жладва

изложба

кражба

лечба

личба

мирба

молба

накосба

наредба

насилба

печалба

подредба

продажба

просба

разпоредба

резба

рожба

сватба

святба

служба

спогодба

страдба

стрелба

съдба

татба

творба

тъжба

уредба

хвалба

целба

Related terms

• -итба (-itba)

Kazakh

Suffix

-ба • (-ba)

1. Form of -ме (-me) in hard words and after М, Н, Ң, Ж, З.

Kildin Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from a Finnic language (compare Finnish -pa (clitic)).

Related to Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, and Inari Sami -ba.

Particle

-ба (-ba) (enclitic particle, obsolete or dialectal)

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   муннба

   munnba

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   лӣйемба

   lījjemba

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Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “-ʙa͕”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958), “-ʙa͕”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 814

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba]

Suffix

-ба • (-ba) f

1. Suffix appended to verbs to create feminine nouns.

   ‎дели (deli) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎делба (delba)

   ‎моли (moli) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎молба (molba)

   ‎гради (gradi) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎градба (gradba)

   ‎сретне (sretne) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎средба (sredba)

Derived terms

Macedonian terms suffixed with -ба

борба

вежба

верба

веселба

вообразба

градба

дарба

делба

доверба

дразба

заодба

изведба

изложба

лиџба

молба

населба

прекарба

преродба

преселба

состојба

средба

творба

Russian

Alternative forms

• -ьба (-ʹba)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Suffix

-ба • (-ba)

1. a noun forming suffix

   дру́жба ― drúžba ― friendship

   стрельба́ ― strelʹbá ― shooting

Declension

Note: can be stressed and unstressed

Declension of -ба (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-ба -ba	-бы -by
genitive	-бы -by	-б -b
dative	-бе -be	-бам -bam
accusative	-бу -bu	-бы -by
instrumental	-бой, -бою -boj, -boju	-бами -bami
prepositional	-бе -be	-бах -bax

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ба

божба

ворожба

гудьба

пальба

служба

тяжба

усадьба

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Suffix

-ба (Latin spelling -ba)

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

See also

• -идба

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• -ьба (-ʹba)
• -да (-da)
• (possibly) -оба (-oba)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian -ба (-ba), from Old East Slavic -ьба (-ĭba), from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba]

Suffix

-ба • (-ba) f

1. alternative form of -ьба (-ʹba)

   ‎служи́ти (služýty) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎слу́жба (slúžba)

   ‎тягну́ти (tjahnúty) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎тяжба́ (tjažbá)

   ‎лічи́ти (ličýty) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎лічба́ (ličbá)

   ‎жури́ти (žurýty, “to upset, to trouble”) + ‎-ба (-ba) → ‎журба́ (žurbá, “sorrow, sadness”)

Declension

Declension of -ба́
(inan hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ба́ -bá	-би́ -bý
genitive	-би́ -bý	-́б -́b
dative	-бі́ -bí	-ба́м -bám
accusative	-бу́ -bú	-би́ -bý
instrumental	-бо́ю -bóju	-ба́ми -bámy
locative	-бі́ -bí	-ба́х -báx
vocative	-бо́ -bó	-би́ -bý

Derived terms

Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ба

ворожба

журба

лічба

садиба

тяжба

худорба

References

• Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га [Lev Mykhailovych Poliuha] (2001), Словник українських морфем: близько 40 000 слів [Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes: close to 40,000 words] (in Ukrainian), Львів [Lviv]: Світ [Svit], →ISBN, page unspecified