-ība
See also: iba, IBA, and ība
Latvian
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]
Suffix
-ība
- 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
- Forssman, Berthold. 2001. Lettische Grammatik (Dettelbach: Verlag J. H. Röll GmbH) →ISBN, page 257.