-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

Related terms

• -итба (-itba)

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

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

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)

1. Alternative form of -ьба (-ʹba)

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

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

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