-лив

лив Bulgarian Etymology bg sla-pro *-ьlivъ (occasionally bg sla-pro *-ъlivъ), a combination of the resultative suffix bg -л -ив. Pronunciation [PC] лив Suffix bg suffix m Forms adjectives from nouns, verbal participles/nouns or adjectives with resultant or approximating meaning: -ish, -able, -some. From verbs: bg схва́щам to grasp → bg схватли́в perceptive bg рабо́тя to work → bg работли́в hard-working bg избу́хвам to explode → bg избухли́в short-tempered, explosive bg избу́хвам to explode → bg избухли́в short-tempered, explosive bg крада́ to steal → bg крадли́в thievish bg ре́ва to cry → bg ревли́в cry-baby From action/abstract nouns: bg сва́да quarrel → bg свадли́в quarrelsome bg скок jump → bg скокли́в frisky bg лъ́жа lie → bg лъжли́в prone to lying bg па́мет memory → bg паметли́в with good memory bg безо́чие shamelessness → bg безо́члив shameless bg суета́ vanity → bg суетли́в fussy bg за́вист envy → bg завистли́в envysome, envious From adjectives: bg плах timid → bg плашли́в easily scared bg коке́тен coquettish → bg кокетли́в kittenish Usage notes Adjectives formed with the suffix -лив normally denote tendency, liability to do the activity/property that the adjective stem conveys. Declension -лив<!> Derived terms bg Related terms bg -елив bg -алив bg -льо Macedonian Etymology Cognate with ru -ли́вый, cs -livý, etc. Pronunciation Suffix mk suffix adjective-forming suffixes m -able (An adjective suffix, now usually in a passive sense; forms adjectives meaning possible, or fit). Declension -лив Derived terms mk mk мрзлив возбудлив видлив горделив врнежлив водонепропустлив