-ība

Etymology
From, perhaps from , from a stem , first applied to i-stems, from which it incorporated the stem-final i, and then spread to other stem classes. Cognates include 🇨🇬 (cf. ), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Suffix

 * 1) Added to adjectives (sometimes to nouns) to form abstract nouns, especially those referring to the state or property that corresponds to the original adjective (like, e.g., Eng. ).