Meaning of -ало | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Deverbal, forming neuter instrumental or effect nouns.
   morpheme, neuter
2. Denominal, forming neuter instrumental or effect nouns, probably via an intermediate (often obsolete) factitive verb.
   morpheme, neuter

Examples

“махам (maham, “to wave”) → махало (mahalo, “pendulum”)”

“намятам (namjatam, “to put on, to throw on”) → наметало (nametalo, “mantle”)”

“смятам (smjatam, “to reckon, to calculate”) → сметало (smetalo, “abacus”)”

“мажа (maža, “to smear”) (a/j-conj.) → мазало (mazalo, “ointment”)”

“стържа (stǎrža, “to scrape, to grate”) (a/j-conj.) → стъргало (stǎrgalo, “grater, scraper”)”

“стъпя (stǎpja, “to step”) (a/j-conj.) → стъпало (stǎpalo, “sole”)”

“пушка (puška, “rifle”) → пушкам (puškam, “to fire a rifle”) (obsolete) → пушкало (puškalo, “big rifle”)”

“Italian rocchetto (“ratchet”) → кречетало (krečetalo, “ratchet”) (based on the native onomatopoeia крѣчетъ (krěčetŭ, “clap, rattle”))”

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