Meaning of -лив | Babel Free

Definitions

Forms adjectives from nouns, verbal participles/nouns or adjectives with resultant or approximating meaning: -ish, -able

masculine, morpheme

Examples

“схва́щам (shváštam, “to grasp”) → схватли́в (shvatlív, “perceptive”) рабо́тя (rabótja, “to work”) → работли́в (rabotlív, “hard-working”) избу́хвам (izbúhvam, “to explode”) → избухли́в (izbuhlív, “short-tempered, explosive”) избу́хвам (izbúhvam, “to explode”) → избухли́в (izbuhlív, “short-tempered, explosive”) крада́ (kradá, “to steal”) → крадли́в (kradlív, “thievish”) ре́ва (réva, “to cry”) → ревли́в (revlív, “cry-baby”)”

“сва́да (sváda, “quarrel”) → свадли́в (svadlív, “quarrelsome”) скок (skok, “jump”) → скокли́в (skoklív, “frisky”) лъ́жа (lǎ́ža, “lie”) → лъжли́в (lǎžlív, “prone to lying”) па́мет (pámet, “memory”) → паметли́в (pametlív, “with good memory”) безо́чие (bezóčie, “shamelessness”) → безо́члив (bezóčliv, “shameless”) суета́ (suetá, “vanity”) → суетли́в (suetlív, “fussy”)”

“плах (plah, “timid”) → плашли́в (plašlív, “easily scared”) коке́тен (kokéten, “coquettish”) → кокетли́в (koketlív, “kittenish”)”

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