-ливий

Ukrainian Alternative forms uk -ивий Etymology uk zle-ort -ливый, from uk orv -ливъ, from uk sla-pro *-lъ + *-ivъ. uk -лий -л(ий) -ивий as uk -ивий 1. Cognate with ru -ли́вый, be -лі́вы, pl -liwy. Suffix uk suffix -ли́вий adjective-forming suffixes m feminine -лива uk appended to nouns -ful, -ly, -y, -ous, etc. forms adjectives with the sense of "being characterized by the noun" uk боягу́з coward боягу́зливий cowardly uk боя́знь fear, phobia боязли́вий fearful, timid uk мі́на change мінли́вий unstable, mutable, changeable, fickle uk пого́рда contempt, disdain погордли́вий contemptuous, disdainful uk хворо́ба sickness, disease хворобли́вий sickly, figurative unhealthy uk appended to verbs -ing forms adjectives with the sense of "tending to perform the action denoted by the verb" uk дба́ти to care about, to look after дбайли́вий caring, careful, heedful uk берегти́ to conserve, to spare бережли́вий sparing, economical, frugal uk приголо́мшити to stun, to astonish, to flabbergast приголо́мшливий stunning, astonishing, flabbergasting uk презира́ти obsolete to despise, to disdain, to scorn прези́рливий disdainful, scornful, contemptuous Declension -ли́вий Derived terms uk Related terms uk -а́вий -я́вий -ля́вий