Meaning of -ska | Babel Free

Definitions

1. forms names of languages from countries or demonyms
   feminine, morpheme, no-plural
2. forms abstract nouns from nouns, verbs and adjectives
   feminine, morpheme, no-plural

Equivalents

Examples

“Japan (“Japan”) + -ska → japanska (“Japanese”)”

“Úkraína (“Ukraine”) + -ska → úkraínska (“Ukrainian”)”

“Laos (“Laos”) + -ska → laoska (“Lao, Laotian”)”

“illur (“evil”) + -ska → illska (“evil”)”

“gleyma (“to forget”) + -ska → gleymska (“forgetfulness”)”

“heimur (“world”) (originally “abode, home”) + -ska → heimska (“stupidity”) (originally “naiveté, the state of not leaving one's home much”)”

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