FromIdo-iva, ultimately fromLatin-īvus.
-iva
- (nonstandard, neologism)capable of, thatcan (do)
- konfuzi(“to confuse”) + -iva → konfuziva(“confusing”)
- produkti(“to produce”) + -iva → produktiva(“productive”)
- selekti(“to select”) + -iva → selektiva(“selective”)
Originally intended to be the active counterpart to the passive-ebla,-iva remains uncommon in modern use, and the words containing the suffix are often considered standalone roots.
Borrowed from English-ive, French-if, German-iv, Italian-ivo, Russian-и́вный(-ívnyj), Spanish-ivo.
-iva
- capable of doing, can, able to
- instruktar(“to instruct”) + -iva → instruktiva(“instructive”)
- responsar(“to be responsible”) + -iva → responsiva(“responsible”)
- sugestar(“to suggest”) + -iva → sugestiva(“suggestive”)
- Progreso II (in Ido),1909–1910, page743
-iva (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form thethird-personsingularimperfect of regular-ire verbs
-īva
- inflection of-īvus:
- nominative/vocative/ablativefemininesingular
- nominative/accusative/vocativeneuterplural
-iva f
- femininesingular of-ivo
-iva
- femininesingular of-ivo
