-გა

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• -გე (-ge), -გერე (-gere)

Etymology

Borrowed from Northwest Caucasian languages.

Suffix

-გა • (-ga)

1. privative suffix added to nouns to form adjectives: -less, -free

Derived terms

Mingrelian terms suffixed with -გა

References

• Rogava, Giorgi (1942) “Абхазско-убыхско-адыгейский суффикс Privativum ga в Мегрельском [Abkhaz-Ubykh-Adyghe privative suffix ga in Mingrelian language]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Russian), volume III, number VI, Tbilisi, pages 625–630
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, pages 140–142, furthermore attempts to propose a native etymology