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Belarusian
Etymology
Cognate with Russian -ли́вый (-lívyj), Ukrainian -ливий (-lyvyj).
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Suffix
-лі́вы or -лівы • (-lívy or -livy)
- Used to form adjectives from nouns or verbs; -al, -y.
- асо́ба (asóba) + -лівы (-livy) → асаблі́вы (asablívy)
- дапыта́ць (dapytácʹ) + -лівы (-livy) → дапы́тлівы (dapýtlivy)
Derived terms