-ливый

Russian

Etymology

Cognate with Belarusian -лі́вы (-lívy).

Pronunciation

  • -ливый: IPA(key): [lʲɪvɨj]
  • -ли́вый: IPA(key): [ˈlʲivɨj]

Suffix

-ливый (-livyj)

  1. -y, -ous, etc. (Used to form adjectives from nouns and verbs, with the meaning "having the characteristic of X".)
    сон (son, sleep)сонли́вый (sonlívyj, sleepy)
    трус (trus, coward)трусли́вый (truslívyj, cowardly)
    незада́ча (nezadáča, bad luck)незада́чливый (nezadáčlivyj, unlucky)
    крик (krik, cry, scream, yell)крикли́вый (kriklívyj, loud, piercing; prone to scream)
    сумато́ха (sumatóxa, bustle)сумато́шливый (sumatóšlivyj, bustling, hectic)
    терпе́ть (terpétʹ, to tolerate, to endure)терпели́вый (terpelívyj, patient, enduring)
    услужи́ть (uslužítʹ, to do a service for)услу́жливый (uslúžlivyj, helpful)
    пода́ться (podátʹsja, to move under pressure, to yield)пода́тливый (podátlivyj, pliant, pliable)
    ворча́ть (vorčátʹ, to grumble, to complain)ворчли́вый (vorčlívyj, grumpy)

Usage notes

The suffix tends to cause the Slavic first palatalization of х (converting it to ш), but not of the other velars; compare the examples above of сумато́шливый (sumatóšlivyj) vs. крикли́вый (kriklívyj).

Declension

Derived terms

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