Acta Baltico-Slavica (Dec 2023)
Baltic Abstracts in *-ī-bā
Abstract
Baltic abstracts in -ība (e.g. Lith. dial. gyvýba ‘life’ / Latv. dzīvība ‘life’) are built on the basis of the old abstract formations in *-ī *-ijā), adjectival abstracts in *-ijā, and deverbal abstracts in *-ijā. In the current Lithuanian language, all these types are continued by adjectival abstracts in -ė and deverbal abstracts in -ė.
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