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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian -иво (-ivo), from Old East Slavic -иво (-ivo), from Proto-Slavic *-ivo. Compare Polish -iwo, Ukrainian -иво (-yvo).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-іва • (-iva)
- deverbal suffix used to form nouns, that denote a product of the activity described by the verb
- пячы́ (pjačý, “to bake”) + -іва (-iva) → пе́чыва (pjéčyva, “baked goods”)
- мро́іць (mróicʹ, “(archaic) to become barely visible”) + -іва (-iva) → мро́іва (mróiva, “haze, mist”)
- маро́зіць (marózicʹ, “to freeze”) + -іва (-iva) → маро́зіва (maróziva, “ice cream”)
- жаць (žacʹ, “to reap”) + -іва (-iva) → жні́ва (žníva, “harvest”)
- deverbal suffix used to form nouns, that denote an instrument or material used to perform the activity described by the verb
- палі́ць (palícʹ, “to burn”) + -іва (-iva) → па́ліва (páliva, “fuel”)
- denominal suffix used to form nouns, that denote instrumental and resultant terms
Derived terms