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-ba

-ba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ba"

Czech

Suffix

-ba

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting an action.

Derived terms


Gothic

Romanization

-ba

  1. Romanization of -𐌱𐌰

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɒ]

Suffix

-ba

  1. (case suffix) into. Used to form the illative case.
    ház (house)a házba (into the house)

Usage notes

  • (case suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -ba is added to back vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
    alma (apple)Beleharapott egy almába. - She has bitten into an apple.
    -be is added to front vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
    zene (music)Variációkat dolgoztunk bele a zenébe. - We worked variations into the music.

See also

  • Category:Hungarian words taking -ba/-be
  • Category:Hungarian noun forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Suffix

-ba (Cyrillic spelling -ба)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting an action.

See also