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Meaning of -е | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2
[je]

Definitions

  1. Abstract noun suffix; forms part of larger suffixes such as -э́нне (-énnje) or -а́нне (-ánnje), and exists on its own especially as a suffix added to compound words.
  2. Stressed variant of -е (-je).
  3. Suffix used to create names of locations in conjunction with prefixes.

Examples

“без- (bjez-, “without”) + люд (ljud, “people”) + -е (-je) → бязлю́ддзе (bjazljúddzje, “absence of people”)”
“но́вы (nóvy, “new”) + -а- (-a-) + сялі́ць (sjalícʹ, “to settle”) + -е (-je) → навасе́лле (navasjéllje, “housewarming”)”
“над- (nad-, “above”) + хма́ра (xmára, “cloud”) + -е (-je) → надхма́р'е (nadxmárʺje, “area above the clouds; (poetic) skies, heavens”)”
“па- (pa-, “across, along”) + грані́ца (hraníca, “border”) + -е (-je) → паграні́чча (pahraníčča, “region along the border”)”
“за- (za-) + ці́хі (cíxi, “quiet, still”) + -е (-je) → заці́шша (zacíšša, “lull, calm”)”
“без- (bjez-, “without”) + даро́га (daróha, “path”) + -е (-je) → бездаро́жжа (bjezdaróžža, “impassibility”)”
“за- (za-) + Каўка́з (Kawkáz, “Caucasus”) + -е (-je) → Закаўка́ззе (Zakawkázzje, “Transcaucasia”)”
“пры- (pry-) + Днестр (Dnjestr, “Dniester”) + -о́вы (-óvy) + -е (-je) → Прыднястро́ўе (Prydnjastrówje, “Transnistria”)”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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