-лівы

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Russian -ли́вый (-lívyj), Ukrainian -ливий (-lyvyj).

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Suffix

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-лі́вы or -лівы (-lívy or -livy)

  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns or verbs; -al, -y.
    асо́ба (asóba) + ‎-лівы (-livy) → ‎асаблі́вы (asablívy)
    дапыта́ць (dapytácʹ) + ‎-лівы (-livy) → ‎дапы́тлівы (dapýtlivy)

Derived terms

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