-уватий

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Ukrainian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compounding/rebracketing of -овий + -атий (-ovyj + -atyj), with unstressed о shifting to у.[1] Compare Russian -ова́тый (-ovátyj), Belarusian -ава́ты (-aváty).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ува́тий (-uvátyj)

  1. -ish, a bit (attenuates adjectives)
    зеле́ний (zelényj, green) + ‎-ува́тий (-uvátyj) → ‎зеленува́тий (zelenuvátyj, greenish, greeny)
    нудни́й (nudnýj, boring) + ‎-ува́тий (-uvátyj) → ‎нуднува́тий (nudnuvátyj, a bit boring)
  2. -y, -like (creates denominal adjectives with qualities of the noun)
    пісо́к (pisók, sand) + ‎-ува́тий (-uvátyj) → ‎піскува́тий (piskuvátyj, sandy)

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References

  1. ^ Олекса Синявський (1941) Норми української літературної мови [Norms of the Ukrainian literary language], Українське видавництво, § 8: Ненагол. о й у