Inherited from Middle French -if , from Old French -if , from Latin -?vus .

• IPA ^{( key )} : /if/

-if ( feminine -ive , masculine plural -ifs , feminine plural -ives )

1. -ive ; forms adjectives denoting characteristics or qualities

• → Dutch: -ief
  • Afrikaans: -ief
  • → Indonesian: -if
• → German: -iv
• → Norwegian Bokmal: -iv
• → Turkish: -if

-if

1. ( dated ) Alternative form of -iv

Learned borrowing from English -ive .

• IPA ^{( key )} : /-if/
• Hyphenation: -if

-if

1. -ive .

   pas if ― pass ive

   normat if ― normat ive

   agres if ― aggress ive

-if

1. Alternative form of -yf

Inherited from Old French -if , from Latin -ivus .

-if

1. -ive

• French: -if
  • → Dutch: -ief
    • Afrikaans: -ief
    • → Indonesian: -if
  • → German: -iv
  • → Norwegian Bokmal: -iv
  • → Turkish: -if

Inherited from Latin -ivus .

-if

1. -ive

• → Middle English: -yf , -if , -yfe , -ife , -yve , -ive , -ef , -y , -i , -ye , -ie , -e
  • English: -ive , -iff , -y
• Middle French: -if
  • French: -if
    • → Dutch: -ief
      • Afrikaans: -ief
      • → Indonesian: -if
    • → German: -iv
    • → Norwegian Bokmal: -iv
    • → Turkish: -if