-иво

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-иво (Latin spelling -ivo)

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ewɔ]

Suffix

-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”)

Derived terms

Ukrainian terms suffixed with -иво