-tva

See also: TVA, tvá, and två

Czech

Alternative forms
  • -tba (possibly under influence of -ba)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech -tva, -tba, from Proto-Slavic *-tva, from Proto-Indo-European *-tweh₂.

Suffix

-tva f (noun-forming suffix)

  1. suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting an action
    ‎bít (“to beat; to fight”) + ‎-tva → ‎bitva (“battle”)

Derived terms
Czech terms suffixed with -tva

Further reading
  • -tva in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
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