-ईय

Hindi

Suffix

-ईय • (-īya)

1. of or pertaining to; forms adjectives

   Synonym: -ई (-ī)

2. (chemistry) -ate

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -ईय

• समुद्रीय (samudrīya, “oceanic, marine”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• -ঈয় (Assamese script)
• -ᬈᬬ (Balinese script)
• -ঈয় (Bengali script)
• -𑰃𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• -𑀈𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• -ဤယ (Burmese script)
• -ઈય (Gujarati script)
• -ਈਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• -𑌈𑌯 (Grantha script)
• -ꦇꦪ (Javanese script)
• -𑂆𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• -ಈಯ (Kannada script)
• -ឦយ (Khmer script)
• -ອີຍ (Lao script)
• -ഈയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠊ᡳᡳᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• -𑘃𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠊ᠢᠢᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• -𑦣𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• -𑐃𑐫 (Newa script)
• -ଈଯ (Odia script)
• -ꢅꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• -𑆆𑆪 (Sharada script)
• -𑖃𑖧 (Siddham script)
• -ඊය (Sinhalese script)
• -𑩐𑩑𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• -𑚃𑚣 (Takri script)
• -ஈய (Tamil script)
• -ఈయ (Telugu script)
• -อีย (Thai script)
• -ཨཱི་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• -𑒄𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• -𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas

Sanskrit -ईय (-īya)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas, from Proto-Indo-European *-iHyos.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /iː.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.jɐ/

Suffix

-ईय • (-ī́ya)

1. related to; forms adjectives
2. -ese, -ian

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of -ईय (-ī́ya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ईयः -ī́yaḥ	-ईयौ / -ईया¹ -ī́yau / -ī́yā¹	-ईयाः / -ईयासः¹ -ī́yāḥ / -ī́yāsaḥ¹
Vocative	-ईय -ī́ya	-ईयौ / -ईया¹ -ī́yau / -ī́yā¹	-ईयाः / -ईयासः¹ -ī́yāḥ / -ī́yāsaḥ¹
Accusative	-ईयम् -ī́yam	-ईयौ / -ईया¹ -ī́yau / -ī́yā¹	-ईयान् -ī́yān
Instrumental	-ईयेन -ī́yena	-ईयाभ्याम् -ī́yābhyām	-ईयैः / -ईयेभिः¹ -ī́yaiḥ / -ī́yebhiḥ¹
Dative	-ईयाय -ī́yāya	-ईयाभ्याम् -ī́yābhyām	-ईयेभ्यः -ī́yebhyaḥ
Ablative	-ईयात् -ī́yāt	-ईयाभ्याम् -ī́yābhyām	-ईयेभ्यः -ī́yebhyaḥ
Genitive	-ईयस्य -ī́yasya	-ईययोः -ī́yayoḥ	-ईयानाम् -ī́yānām
Locative	-ईये -ī́ye	-ईययोः -ī́yayoḥ	-ईयेषु -ī́yeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of -ईया (-ī́yā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ईया -ī́yā	-ईये -ī́ye	-ईयाः -ī́yāḥ
Vocative	-ईये -ī́ye	-ईये -ī́ye	-ईयाः -ī́yāḥ
Accusative	-ईयाम् -ī́yām	-ईये -ī́ye	-ईयाः -ī́yāḥ
Instrumental	-ईयया / -ईया¹ -ī́yayā / -ī́yā¹	-ईयाभ्याम् -ī́yābhyām	-ईयाभिः -ī́yābhiḥ
Dative	-ईयायै -ī́yāyai	-ईयाभ्याम् -ī́yābhyām	-ईयाभ्यः -ī́yābhyaḥ
Ablative	-ईयायाः / -ईयायै² -ī́yāyāḥ / -ī́yāyai²	-ईयाभ्याम् -ī́yābhyām	-ईयाभ्यः -ī́yābhyaḥ
Genitive	-ईयायाः / -ईयायै² -ī́yāyāḥ / -ī́yāyai²	-ईययोः -ī́yayoḥ	-ईयानाम् -ī́yānām
Locative	-ईयायाम् -ī́yāyām	-ईययोः -ī́yayoḥ	-ईयासु -ī́yāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of -ईय (-īya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ईयम् -īyam	-ईये -īye	-ईयानि / -ईया¹ -īyāni / -īyā¹
Vocative	-ईय -īya	-ईये -īye	-ईयानि / -ईया¹ -īyāni / -īyā¹
Accusative	-ईयम् -īyam	-ईये -īye	-ईयानि / -ईया¹ -īyāni / -īyā¹
Instrumental	-ईयेन -īyena	-ईयाभ्याम् -īyābhyām	-ईयैः / -ईयेभिः¹ -īyaiḥ / -īyebhiḥ¹
Dative	-ईयाय -īyāya	-ईयाभ्याम् -īyābhyām	-ईयेभ्यः -īyebhyaḥ
Ablative	-ईयात् -īyāt	-ईयाभ्याम् -īyābhyām	-ईयेभ्यः -īyebhyaḥ
Genitive	-ईयस्य -īyasya	-ईययोः -īyayoḥ	-ईयानाम् -īyānām
Locative	-ईये -īye	-ईययोः -īyayoḥ	-ईयेषु -īyeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms suffixed with -ईय

• अग्नीय (agnīya, “related to Agni”)
• किमीय (kimīya, “whose”)
• कुलीय (kulīya, “belonging to a family”)
• तारकीय (tārakīya, “stellar”)
• तुरीय (turīya, “fourth”)
• तृतीय (tṛtīya, “third”)
• देशीय (deśīya, “local, native, related to the village”)
• द्वितीय (dvitīya, “second”)
• धरणीय (dharaṇīya, “to be held or carried”)
• नगरीय (nagarīya, “urban, civil”)
• नारकीय (nārakīya, “in hell, hellish, infernal”)
• पक्षीय (pakṣīya, “belonging to a side or party”)
• पाणिनीय (pāṇinīya, “related to Panini”)
• पानीय (pānīya, “drinkable”)
• पर्वतीय (parvatīya, “related to Parvati or the mountains, mountainous”)
• प्राकारीय (prākārīya, “surrounded by a wall, walled”)
• प्रासादीय (prāsādīya, “palatial, splendid”)
• पुत्रीय (putrīya, “related to a son”)
• भागीय (bhāgīya, “belonging to”)
• भवनीय (bhavanīya, “impending”)
• भोटीय (bhoṭīya, “from Tibet”)
• मगधीय (magadhīya​, “from Magadha”)
• मङ्गलीय (maṅgalīya, “auspicious, fortunate”)
• मरणीय (maraṇīya, “mortal, related to death”)
• यज्ञीय (yajñīya, “sacrificial, related to the yajna sacrifice”)
• यदीय (yadīya, “of whom or what, whose”)
• राजकीय (rājakīya, “kingly, royal”)
• रमणीय (ramaṇīya, “agreeable, delightful”)
• वर्गीय (vargīya, “belonging to a class or category”)
• वर्णनीय (varṇanīya, “to be painted or coloured, to be described”)
• वातीय (vātīya, “windy, related to the wind”)
• वैकुण्ठीय (vaikuṇṭhīya, “related to Vaikuntha heaven”)
• वैश्यीय (vaiśyīya, “related to the Vaishya merchants”)
• सर्वीय (sarvīya, “suitable for all”)
• स्वीय (svīya, “my own, one's own”)

Descendants

• Assamese: -ঈয়া (-ia)
• Bengali: -ই (-i), -ঈ (-i), -ঈয় (-iẏo), -ইয়া (-iẏa), -ঈয়া (-iẏa)
• Hindi: -ईय (-īya)
• Kashmiri: -य (-y)

Further reading

• a list of Sanskrit words with the -ईय suffix