-iv

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

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

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-iv

1. -ive; making an adjective

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

• IPA^(key): /iv/

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

1. -ive

• activ, nativ, reflexiv, sportiv

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

-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

   ‎pobijed(iti) (“to win”) + ‎-iv → ‎pobjediv (“vincible, defeatable”)

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

   ‎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”)

-iv

1. -ive; making an adjective

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