-iv

See also: iv, IV, ív, and -ív

German

-iv

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

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

Declension of -iv

-iv (Cyrillic spelling -ив)

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
‎pobijed(iti) (“to win”) ‎-iv → ‎pobjediv (“vincible, defeatable”)
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
‎milost (“mercy”) ‎-iv → ‎milostiv (“merciful”)

‎pogriješ(iti) (“to err”) ‎-iv → ‎pogrešiv (“fallible”)

For sense 2, often used in conjunction with suffix -an.
- ‎masa (“mass”) ‎-iv ‎-an → ‎masivan (“massive”)
Triggers iotation of the preceding l or n.
- ‎šal(iti) (“to joke”) ‎-iv → ‎šaljiv (“humorous”)
- ‎zamijen(iti) (“to replace”) ‎-iv → ‎zamjenjiv (“replaceable”)
Often triggers the insertion of an epenthetic lj, which triggers the palatalisation of preceding sibilants.
- ‎uvjer(iti) (“to convince”) ‎-iv → ‎uvjerljiv (“convincing”)
- ‎podnos(iti) (“to bear, endure”) ‎-iv → ‎podnošljiv (“bearable, tolerable”)
- ‎paz(iti) (“to beware”) ‎-iv → ‎pažljiv (“careful, cautious”)

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