-iv

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See also: iv, IV, ív, and -ív

German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • -if (rare, dated, inflected forms with -if-)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French -if, -ive, from Latin -īvus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Suffix[edit]

-iv

  1. -ive; making an adjective

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French -if, -ive, Latin -īvus. Compare the older inherited -iu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-iv m or n (feminine singular -ivă, masculine plural -ivi, feminine and neuter plural -ive)

  1. -ive

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *-ivъ, from Proto-Slavic *-vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was, from Proto-Indo-European *-wós.

Suffix[edit]

-iv (Cyrillic spelling -ив)

  1. Suffix appended to verb roots to create an adjective denoting the capability or suitability to have the corresponding action done to a subject; -able, -ible
  2. Suffix appended to noun or verb roots to create an adjective denoting that the subject exhibits the corresponding quality or is capable of performing the corresponding action; -ous, -ive

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Swedish[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-iv

  1. -ive; making an adjective

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