Meaning of -ба | Babel Free

Definitions

Forms action nouns from verbs or other nouns.

feminine, morpheme

Examples

“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)”

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