უ- -ალი
Appearance
Georgian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Circumfix
[edit]- circumfixed to nouns or verbal nouns to form adjectives meaning 'without (noun affixed)': -less, un-, in- im-, lacking in something, devoid of something
Usage notes
[edit]A variation of უ- -არი (u- -ari), when the circumfixed word doesn’t contain the letter ლ (l), or if it does, the letter in question is followed by the letter რ (r) just before the suffix part. Compare უცინარი (ucinari) and უტირალი (uṭirali). Also see პორტუგალიური (ṗorṭugaliuri) to understand this consonant harmony, which can be represented schematically as:
Derived terms
[edit]Category Georgian terms circumfixed with უ- -ალი not found