-итба

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-tьba. Originally, the suffix was only applied to verbs with historical infinitives in *-iti, but in modern Bulgarian there are exceptions to that (e.g. върши́тба (vǎršítba)). Cognates include Serbo-Croatian -идба.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ˈidbɐ]

Suffix

-и́тба • (-ítba) f

1. Deverbal, forms nouns that express the action of the verb.

   ‎се́я (séja, “to sow”) + ‎-итба (-itba) → ‎сеи́тба (seítba, “sowing, sowing time”)

   ‎же́ня (žénja, “to marry”) + ‎-итба (-itba) → ‎жени́тба (ženítba, “marriage”)

   ‎го́ня (gónja, “to chase; to pursue”) + ‎-итба (-itba) → ‎гони́тба (gonítba, “chase; pursuit”)

   ‎върша́ (vǎršá, “to thresh”) (dialectal) + ‎-итба (-itba) → ‎върши́тба (vǎršítba, “threshing, threshing time”)

   ‎деля́ (deljá, “to divide”) + ‎-итба (-itba) → ‎дели́тба (delítba, “division; partition; distribution (of inheritance, assets)”)

Derived terms

Bulgarian terms suffixed with -итба

Related terms

• -ба (-ba)