Serbo-Croatian

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Suffix

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-иво (Latin spelling -ivo)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting a material or an object.

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian -иво (-ivo), from Old East Slavic -иво (-ivo), from Proto-Slavic *-ivo.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-иво (-yvo)

  1. deverbal suffix used to form nouns, that denote a product of the activity described by the verb
    пекти́ (pektý, to bake) + ‎-иво (-yvo) → ‎пе́чиво (péčyvo, biscuit, cookie, pasty)
    моро́зити (morózyty, to freeze) + ‎-иво (-yvo) → ‎моро́зиво (morózyvo, ice cream)
    жа́ти (žáty, to reap) + ‎-иво (-yvo) → ‎жни́во (žnývo, harvest)
    ви́діти (výdity, to see) + ‎-иво (-yvo) → ‎ви́диво (výdyvo, sight, vision)
  2. deverbal suffix used to form nouns, that denote an instrument or material used to perform the activity described by the verb
    добри́ти (dobrýty, to fertilize) + ‎-иво (-yvo) → ‎до́бриво (dóbryvo, fertilizer)
    пали́ти (palýty, to burn, to consume fuel) + ‎-иво (-yvo) → ‎па́ливо (pályvo, fuel)
    креса́ти (kresáty, to strike fire/sparks) + ‎-иво (-yvo) → ‎(dialectal) креси́во (kresývo, tinderbox, to firestriker)
  3. denominal suffix used to form nouns, that denote instrumental and resultant terms
    (colloquial or achaic) ого́нь (ohónʹ, fire) + ‎-иво (-yvo) → ‎огни́во (ohnývo, tinderbox, to firestriker)
    м'я́со (mʺjáso, meat) + ‎-иво (-yvo) → ‎(colloquial) м'яси́во (mʺjasývo, meat dish)

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