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Russian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-и́льный • (-ílʹnyj)
- Used to form adjectives from verbs, especially those in -ить (-itʹ).
- кали́ть (kalítʹ, “to heat, to incandesce”) + -и́льный (-ílʹnyj) → кали́льный (kalílʹnyj, “glowing, incandescent”)
- роди́ть (rodítʹ, “to give birth”) + -и́льный (-ílʹnyj) → роди́льный (rodílʹnyj, “(relational) childbirth”)
- гла́дить (gláditʹ, “to iron”) + -и́льный (-ílʹnyj) → глади́льный (gladílʹnyj, “(relational) ironing”)
- холоди́ть (xolodítʹ, “to cool, to make cold”) + -и́льный (-ílʹnyj) → холоди́льный (xolodílʹnyj, “(relational) refrigeration”)
- суши́ть (sušítʹ, “to dry”) + -и́льный (-ílʹnyj) → суши́льный (sušílʹnyj, “(relational) drying”)
Usage notes
- The stress is drawn onto the syllable preceding the suffix (compare глади́льный (gladílʹnyj) above from гла́дить (gláditʹ)).
- Many, perhaps most, adjectives ending in -и́льный are not formed from verbs but rather are formed by adding the extremely common ending -ный (-nyj) to a word ending in -иль (-ilʹ), -ила (-ila) or -ило (-ilo), or to foreign adjectives:
- тексти́ль (tekstílʹ, “textiles”) + -ный (-nyj) → тексти́льный (tekstílʹnyj, “(relational) textiles”)
- пра́вило (právilo, “rule, regulation”) + -ный (-nyj) → пра́вильный (právilʹnyj, “correct; regular”)
- черни́ла (černíla, “ink”) + -ный (-nyj) → черни́льный (černílʹnyj, “(relational) ink; inky”)
- Latin stabilis (“stable”) or French stable (“stable”) + -ный (-nyj) → стаби́льный (stabílʹnyj, “stable”)
Derived terms