უ- -ალი
Georgian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [u ali]
Circumfix
უ- -ალი • (u- -ali)
- 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
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
Category Georgian terms circumfixed with უ- -ალი not found