-ობა
suffix
LanguageLaz
Meaning- It produces an abstract noun by adding it after the noun and adjective: -hood, -ism, -ery, -ness
- It generates the name of the plant that expresses the crop time of that plant by adding it to the plant name
- It produces an abstract noun by adding it after the verb root. No longer productive
- noun-forming suffix
მონკა + -ობა → მონკანობა
Heavy + -oba results in 'heaviness'.
Part of speechsuffix
Usage noteUsed similar to English suffixes like -ness, -hood, or -ism.
Status: Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review
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