უ- -ალი

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Georgian[edit]

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Circumfix[edit]

უ- -ალი (u- -ali)

  1. Circumfixed to nouns or verbal nouns to form adjectives meaning 'without (noun affixed)': -less, un-, in- im-, lacking in something, devoid of something.
    ტირილი (ṭirili, crying) → ‎უტირალი (uṭirali, tearless, without crying)

Usage notes[edit]

A variation of უ- -არი (u- -ari), when the circumfixed word doesn’t contain the letter (l), or if it does, the letter in question is followed by the letter (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:

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