-ливий

• -ивий (-yvyj)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian -ливый (-livyj), from Old East Slavic -ливъ (-livŭ), from Proto-Slavic *-lъ + *-ivъ. Cognate with Russian -ли́вый (-lívyj), Belarusian -лі́вы (-lívy), Polish -liwy.

-ли́вий • (-lývyj)

1. (appended to nouns) -ful, -ly, -y, -ous, etc. (forms adjectives with the sense of "being characterized by the noun")

   ‎боягу́з (bojahúz, “coward”) + ‎-ливий (-lyvyj) → ‎боягу́зливий (bojahúzlyvyj, “cowardly”)

   ‎боя́знь (bojáznʹ, “fear, phobia”) + ‎-ливий (-lyvyj) → ‎боязли́вий (bojazlývyj, “fearful, timid”)

   ‎мі́на (mína, “change”) + ‎-ливий (-lyvyj) → ‎мінли́вий (minlývyj, “unstable, mutable, changeable, fickle”)

   ‎пого́рда (pohórda, “contempt, disdain”) + ‎-ливий (-lyvyj) → ‎погордли́вий (pohordlývyj, “contemptuous, disdainful”)

   ‎хворо́ба (xvoróba, “sickness, disease”) + ‎-ливий (-lyvyj) → ‎хворобли́вий (xvoroblývyj, “sickly, (figurative) unhealthy”)

2. (appended to verbs) -ing (forms adjectives with the sense of "tending to perform the action denoted by the verb")

   ‎дба́ти (dbáty, “to care about, to look after”) + ‎-ливий (-lyvyj) → ‎дбайли́вий (dbajlývyj, “caring, careful, heedful”)

   ‎берегти́ (berehtý, “to conserve, to spare”) + ‎-ливий (-lyvyj) → ‎бережли́вий (berežlývyj, “sparing, economical, frugal”)

   ‎приголо́мшити (pryholómšyty, “to stun, to astonish, to flabbergast”) + ‎-ливий (-lyvyj) → ‎приголо́мшливий (pryholómšlyvyj, “stunning, astonishing, flabbergasting”)

   ‎(obsolete) презира́ти (prezyráty, “to despise, to disdain, to scorn”) + ‎-ливий (-lyvyj) → ‎прези́рливий (prezýrlyvyj, “disdainful, scornful, contemptuous”)