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-ība

-ība

See also: iba, IBA, and ība

Latvian

Suffix

-ība

  1. Added to adjectives (sometimes to nouns) to form abstract nouns, especially those referring to the state or property that corresponds to the original adjective (like, e.g., Eng. -ity).

Derived terms

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References

  1. ↑ Forssman, Berthold. 2001. Lettische Grammatik (Dettelbach: Verlag J. H. Röll GmbH) ISBN: 3-89754-194-7, page 257.

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *-ība, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-o-, from a stem *bʰah₂ ‎(“to shine”), first applied to i-stems, from which it incorporated the stem-final i, and then spread to other stem classes. Cognates include Lithuanian -yba (cf. tikýba ‎(“belief, faith”)), Common Slavic *-ьba (Old Church Slavonic -ьба ‎(-ĭba), Russian -ба ‎(-ba)).[1]

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