-ivo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ivo.

• IPA^(key): [ ɪvo]
• Rhymes: -ɪvo

-ivo n (noun-forming suffix)

1. a suffix usually indicating a mass noun derived from a verb, e.g. the stuff needed for or the product of some activity

   ‎pít (“to drink”) + ‎-ivo → ‎pitivo (“drink, beverages”)

   ‎topit (“to heat, stoke”) + ‎-ivo → ‎topivo (“fuel”)

   ‎plést (“to weave, knit”) + ‎-ivo → ‎pletivo (“mesh”)

• -ivo in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

From Latin -īvus.

• -io

-ivo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iva, masculine plural -ivi, feminine plural -ive)
-ivo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ivi)

1. -ive

(-ive):

-ivo (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

1. used with a stem to form the first-person singular imperfect of regular -ire verbs

• Vio, Voi, ovi-, voi

-īvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -īvus

Learned borrowing from Latin -īvus. Doublet of -io.

-ivo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iva, masculine plural -ivos, feminine plural -ivas)

1. -ive (relating to)

   ‎depressão (“depression”) + ‎-ivo → ‎depressivo (“depressive”)

2. -ive (of the nature of)

   ‎excesso (“excess”) + ‎-ivo → ‎excessivo (“excessive”)

When appended or related to primitive nouns ending in ⟨ção⟩, ⟨são⟩ or ⟨xão⟩, this suffix replaces the ⟨ão⟩.

-ivo (Cyrillic spelling -иво)

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

From Latin -īvus, probably borrowed.

-ivo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iva, masculine plural -ivos, feminine plural -ivas)

1. -ive

• “-ivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024