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==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|ca|la|-īvus}}.

===Suffix===
{{ca-adj}}

# [[-ive]]; {{non-gloss|forms adjectives denoting characteristics or qualities}}

====Derived terms====
{{suffixsee|ca}}

==Old Irish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*-yūs}}, from {{inh|sga|ine-pro|*-yōs}}.<ref name="Jasanoff>{{R:cel:Jasanoff:1991}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sga|[u]}}

===Suffix===
{{head|sga|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes}}

# {{n-g|Used to form the comparative degree of adjectives}} [[-er]], [[more]] {{q|if possible it palatalises the preceding consonant and raises preceding vowel}}
#: {{suffixusex|sga|sen|t1=old|siniu|t2=older}}
#: {{suffixusex|sga|oll|t1=ample|uilliu|t2=more ample}}
#: {{suffixusex|sga|dían|t1=swift|déniu|t2=swifter}}
#: {{suffixusex|sga|tiug|t1=thick|tigiu|t2=thick}}
#: {{suffixusex|sga|tanae|t1=thin|tanu|t2=thinner}}
#: {{suffixusex|sga|lobur|t1=weak|lobru|t2=weaker}}

====Inflection====
Indeclinable.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|sga|-u||when the preceding consonant (cluster) isn't palatalised}}
* {{alt|sga|-a||in irregular comparatives|id=comparative}}

====Derived terms====
{{suffixsee|sga}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|mga|-iu}}
** {{desc|ga|-e|id=comparative}}

===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{R:sga:GOI|pp=233f.|s=369}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
Probably from {{inh|ro|la|-īvus}}. Mostly found in older, popular words; compare the neological borrowing {{doublet|ro|-iv|notext=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/iw/}}

===Suffix===
{{ro-adj|i|suff=1}}

# {{n-g|Forms adjectives denoting characteristics or qualities, especially relating to color; roughly equivalent to [[-ive]] or sometimes [[-ish]].}}

====Usage notes====
The terms formed from the suffix often have the meaning of approximating or being similar to a certain quality (from the noun or adjective it modifies); it can be comparable to some uses of [[-ish]] in English: somewhat, approximately, slightly, rather: e.g. {{m|ro|cenușiu||grayish}}, {{m|ro|albăstriu||bluish}}. A suffix playing a similar role in Romanian is also {{m|ro|-ui}}, especially with colors.

====Declension====
{{ro-decl-adj|i}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ro|auriu}}, {{l|ro|arămiu}}, {{l|ro|căpriu}}, {{l|ro|castaniu}}, {{l|ro|cenușiu}}, {{l|ro|corbiu}}, {{l|ro|cărămiziu}}, {{l|ro|cafeniu}}, {{l|ro|portocaliu}}, {{l|ro|albăstriu}}, {{l|ro|negriu}}, {{l|ro|gălbiu}}, {{l|ro|ruginiu}}, {{l|ro|sângeriu}}, {{l|ro|tuciuriu}}, etc.
{{suffixsee|ro}}

====See also====
* {{l|ro|-esc}}
* {{l|ro|-ui}}