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-ība
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iba Iba IBA ība
Latvian
Etymology
From lv ine-bsl-pro *-ība, perhaps from lv ine-pro *bʰh₂-o-, from a stem ine-pro *bʰeh₂- to shine, first applied to i-stems, from which it incorporated the stem-final i, and then spread to other stem classes. Cognates include lt -yba (cf. lt tikýba belief, faith), lt -ybė, sla-pro *-ьba.257
Suffix
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. en -ity).
Derived terms
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