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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian -ивый (-ivyj), from Old East Slavic -ивъ (-ivŭ), from Proto-Slavic *-ivъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ивий • (-yvyj)
- (appended to nouns) -ful, -y, -ous (forms adjectives with the sense of "being characterized by the noun")
- краса́ (krasá, “beauty”) + -ивий (-yvyj) → краси́вий (krasývyj, “beautiful, pretty”)
- лінь (linʹ, “lazyness”) + -ивий (-yvyj) → ліни́вий (linývyj, “lazy”)
- злі́сть (zlístʹ, “anger, spite”) + -ивий (-yvyj) → злости́вий (zlostývyj, “spiteful, angry”)
- во́ша (vóša, “louse”) + -ивий (-yvyj) → воши́вий (vošývyj, “lousy”)
- па́рша (párša, “favus”) + -ивий (-yvyj) → парши́вий (paršývyj, “suffering from favus, scabby, mangy”)
- пла́кса (pláksa, “crybaby”) + -ивий (-yvyj) → плакси́вий (plaksývyj, “lachrymose, maudlin, emotional”)
- (appended to verbs) -ful, -y, ous (forms adjectives with the sense of "tending to perform the action denoted by the verb")
- мсти́ти (mstýty, “to avenge, to pay back”) + -ивий (-yvyj) → мсти́вий (mstývyj, “vengeful, vindictive”)
- хті́ти (xtíty, “to want, to desire”) + -ивий (-yvyj) → хти́вий (xtývyj, “greedy, lustful”)
Declension
Declension of -и́вий (hard)
Derived terms