-ობა

Georgian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oba/

Suffix

-ობა • (-oba)

  1. Used to form a noun from an adjective or noun; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description: -hood, -ism, -ery, -ness
    ძმობაʒmobabrotherhood
    გმირობაgmirobaheroism
    ვაჟკაცობაvažḳacobabravery
    ავადმყოფობაavadmq̇opobaillness

Derived terms

Georgian terms suffixed with -ობა

See also

Laz

Alternative forms

  • -ლობა (-loba), -ნობა (-noba)
  • -ება (-eba)

Suffix

-ობა • (-oba) (Latin spelling -oba)

  1. It produces an abstract noun by adding it after the noun and adjective: -hood, -ism, -ery, -ness
    მონკა (monǩa, heavy) + -ობა (-oba)მონკანობა (monǩanoba, heaviness)
    ბადი (badi, old (man)) + -ობა (-oba)ბადობა (badoba, old age (man))
    ჯუმა (cuma, brother) + -ობა (-oba)ჯუმალობა (cumaloba, brotherhood)
    ტუწა (ťuǯa, hot) + -ობა (-oba)ტუწანობა (ťuǯanoba, temperature, heat, warmth)
  2. (dialectal, Batumi) It generates the name of the plant that expresses the crop time of that plant by adding it to the plant name
    ბინჯი (binci, rice) + -ობა (-oba)ბინჯობა (bincoba, rice time)
    მჟოლი (mjoli, mulberry) + -ობა (-oba)მჟოლობა (mjoloba, mulberry time)
    მბული (mbuli, cherry) + -ობა (-oba)მბულობა (mbuloba, cherry time)
    მთხირი (mtxiri, hazelnut) + -ობა (-oba)მთხირობა (mtxiroba, hazelnut time)
  3. It produces an abstract noun by adding it after the verb root. No longer productive
    ხელ- (xel-, to rejoice, to be happy) + -ობა (-oba)ხელობა (xeloba, happiness)

Derived terms

Laz terms suffixed with -ობა

See also

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