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Meaning of -ие | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Deverbal, forming action or result nouns: -tion, -ance, -ing
  2. Denominal, forming abstract nouns or nouns expressing capacity, state: -th, -ness, -ing
  3. Forms collective plurals
  4. Denominal, forming nouns expressing relationship, way, outcome: -th, -ness, -ing
  5. Forms collective nouns expressing aggregation or clustering
  6. Forms instrumental nouns (usually tools and weapons) expressing purpose, functionality
  7. Forms collective nouns expressing extension, span

Examples

“вям (vjam, “to be aware”) (archaic, obsolete) → ведие (vedie, “knowledge”) (obsolete) → езиковедие (ezikovedie, “linguistics”)”
“въстана (vǎstana, “to revel”) → въстание (vǎstanie, “uprising”)”
“нарека (nareka, “to call”) → наречие (narečie, “adverb”)”
“примиря се (primirja se, “to put up with”) → примирие (primirie, “truce”)”
“участвам (učastvam, “to participate”) → участие (učastie, “participation”)”
“допирам (dopiram, “to touch, to contact”) → допирие (dopirie, “contact, incidence”) (dialectal)”
“здрав (zdrav, “healthy”) → здраве (zdrave, “health”) висок (visok, “high”) → височие (visočie, “highness”) велик (velik, “great”) → величие (veličie, “greatness”) цял (cjal, “whole”) + мъдър (mǎdǎr, “wise”) → целомъдрие (celomǎdrie, “chastity”)”
“услов (uslov, “term, claim”) (obsolete) → условие (uslovie, “condition”) зло (zlo, “evil”) + воня (vonja, “odor, stink”) → зловоние (zlovonie, “stench”) бог (bog, “god”) + хула (hula, “insult”) → богохулие (bogohulie, “blasphemy”) човек (čovek, “human”) + любов (ljubov, “love”) → човеколюбие (čovekoljubie, “philanthropy”)”
“с- (s-) + част (čast, “part”) → щастие (štastie, “fortune”) добро (dobro, “good”) + душа (duša, “soul”) → добродушие (dobrodušie, “fortune”) благо (blago, “virtue”) + прилика (prilika, “similarity”) → благоприличие (blagopriličie, “decency”) лихо (liho, “excess”) + мисъл (misǎl, “thought”) → лихомислие (lihomislie, “fault thinking”) (obsolete)”
“налице (nalice, “in presence”) → наличие (naličie, “presence, availability”) насила (nasila, “forcefully”) → насилие (nasilie, “violence”)”
“уста (usta, “mouth”) → устие (ustie, “estuary”) стъбло (stǎblo, “stem”) → стъблие (stǎblie, “stemming, branching”) (dialectal)”
“из- (iz-) + дело (delo, “deed”) → изделие (izdelie, “product”) из- (iz-) + чедо (čedo, “child”) → изчадие (izčadie, “abomination”) (originally meaning “spawn”)”
“за- (za-) + гора (gora, “forest”) → загорие (zagorie, “transylvan area”) за- (za-) + глава (glava, “head”) → заглавие (zaglavie, “chapter, header”)”
“до- (do-) + вяра (vjara, “faint”) → доверие (doverie, “trust, confidence”) до- (do-) + год (god, “year”) (dated) → догодие (dogodie, “remainder of the year”) (dialectal)”
“съ- (sǎ-) + звук (zvuk, “sound”) → съзвучие (sǎzvučie, “consonance”) с- (s-) + полука (poluka, “reached target, goal”) (dialectal) → сполучие (spolučie, “prosperity”)”
“о- (o-) + гърло (gǎrlo, “neck”) → огърлие (ogǎrlie, “necklace”) об- (ob-) + ход (hod, “walk”) → обходие (obhodie, “side way”) (obsolete)”
“на- (na-) + вечер (večer, “eve”) → навечерие (navečerie, “evening”) над- (nad-) + вес (ves, “hanging, curtain”) → надвесие (nadvesie, “arch, dome”) (obsolete)”
“под- (pod-) + земя (zemja, “earth”) → подземие (podzemie, “dungeon”) под- (pod-) + нога (noga, “foot”) → подножие (podnožie, “foothold”)”
“по- (po-) + доба (doba, “proper time, place”) → подобие (podobie, “resemblance”) по- (po-) + кор (kor, “reproach, reprimand”) (archaic) → покорие (pokorie, “submissiveness”) (obsolete)”
“по- (po-) + река (reka, “river”) → поречие (porečie, “riverside area”) по- (po-) + море (more, “river”) → поморие (pomorie, “seaside area”)”
“край- (kraj-) + бряг (brjag, “forest”) → крайбрежие (krajbrežie, “coastal area”) край- (kraj-) + лес (les, “wood”) → крайлесие (krajlesie, “woodside area”)”
“при- (pri-) + глас (glas, “voice”) → пригласие (priglasie, “ovation, supporting chatter”) (obsolete) пре- (pre-) + межда (mežda, “boundary, medium”) → премеждие (premeždie, “obstacle, misadventure”)”
“копая (kopaja, “to ditch”) → копие (kopie, “spear”)”
“пособ (posob, “mean”) → пособие (posobie, “resource for self-education”)”
“о- (o-) + *rǫdъ (“prickly, thorny, shaggy”) → оръдие (orǎdie, “cannon, instrument”) о- (o-) + *rǫgъ (“offense, assault”) → оръжие (orǎžie, “weaponry”)”
“люд (ljud, “person, folk”) (dated, obsolete) → люде (ljude, “people”) нав (nav, “undead”) (obsolete) → наве (nave, “dead spirits”) (obsolete)”
“камък (kamǎk, “stone”) → камъне (kamǎne, “rocks”) (poetic) дърво (dǎrvo, “tree”) → дърве (dǎrve, “trees, wood”) (poetic)”
“грозд (grozd, “grape”) → грозде (grozde, “grape”) (collective) цвят (cvjat, “blossom”) → цвете (cvete, “flower”)”
“съ- (sǎ-) + звезда (zvezda, “star”) → съзвездие (sǎzvezdie, “constellation”) съ- (sǎ-) + цвят (cvjat, “blossom”) → съцветие (sǎcvetie, “inflorescence”)”
“об- (ob-) + *vilo (“winding”) → обилие (obilie, “abundance”) (literally: “enveloping → endlessness”) о- (o-) + коло (kolo, “wheel”) (obsolete) → околие (okolie, “surroundings”) (literally: “that is encircled”)”
“дву- (dvu-, “bi-”) + лице (lice, “face”) → двуличие (dvuličie, “hypocrisy”) (literally: “two-facedness”) сто- (sto-, “centi-”) + лято (ljato, “summer”) → столетие (stoletie, “century”) (literally: “100 summers”)”

CEFR level

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