"-iu" meaning in Romanian

See -iu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /iw/
Etymology: Probably from Latin -īvus. Mostly found in older, popular words; compare the neological borrowing -iv. Etymology templates: {{inh|ro|la|-īvus}} Latin -īvus, {{doublet|ro|-iv|notext=1}} -iv Head templates: {{ro-adj|i|suff=1}} -iu m or n (feminine singular -ie, plural -ii) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj|i}} Forms: -ie [feminine, singular], -ii [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], -iu [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], -ie [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, singular], -ii [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, masculine, plural], -ii [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, neuter, plural], -iul [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, neuter, singular], -ia [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular], -iii [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural], -iile [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, plural], -ii [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, singular], -iului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, neuter, singular], -iei [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular], -iilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural], -iilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, plural]
  1. Forms adjectives denoting characteristics or qualities, especially relating to color; roughly equivalent to -ive or sometimes -ish. Tags: masculine, morpheme, neuter Related terms: -esc, -ui
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-īvus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -īvus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "-iv",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "-iv",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Latin -īvus. Mostly found in older, popular words; compare the neological borrowing -iv.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ie",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ii",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "i",
        "suff": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "-iu m or n (feminine singular -ie, plural -ii)",
      "name": "ro-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "i"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian suffixes with multiple genders",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "auriu"
        },
        {
          "word": "arămiu"
        },
        {
          "word": "căpriu"
        },
        {
          "word": "castaniu"
        },
        {
          "word": "cenușiu"
        },
        {
          "word": "corbiu"
        },
        {
          "word": "cărămiziu"
        },
        {
          "word": "cafeniu"
        },
        {
          "word": "portocaliu"
        },
        {
          "word": "albăstriu"
        },
        {
          "word": "negriu"
        },
        {
          "word": "gălbiu"
        },
        {
          "word": "ruginiu"
        },
        {
          "word": "sângeriu"
        },
        {
          "word": "tuciuriu"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms adjectives denoting characteristics or qualities, especially relating to color; roughly equivalent to -ive or sometimes -ish."
      ],
      "id": "en--iu-ro-suffix-p3Yx5ZQZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ive",
          "-ive#English"
        ],
        [
          "-ish",
          "-ish#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-esc"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ui"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/iw/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-iu"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "auriu"
    },
    {
      "word": "arămiu"
    },
    {
      "word": "căpriu"
    },
    {
      "word": "castaniu"
    },
    {
      "word": "cenușiu"
    },
    {
      "word": "corbiu"
    },
    {
      "word": "cărămiziu"
    },
    {
      "word": "cafeniu"
    },
    {
      "word": "portocaliu"
    },
    {
      "word": "albăstriu"
    },
    {
      "word": "negriu"
    },
    {
      "word": "gălbiu"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruginiu"
    },
    {
      "word": "sângeriu"
    },
    {
      "word": "tuciuriu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-īvus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -īvus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "-iv",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "-iv",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Latin -īvus. Mostly found in older, popular words; compare the neological borrowing -iv.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ie",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ii",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "i",
        "suff": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "-iu m or n (feminine singular -ie, plural -ii)",
      "name": "ro-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "i"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-esc"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ui"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian adjective-forming suffixes",
        "Romanian doublets",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian masculine suffixes",
        "Romanian neuter suffixes",
        "Romanian suffixes",
        "Romanian suffixes with multiple genders",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin",
        "Romanian terms inherited from Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms adjectives denoting characteristics or qualities, especially relating to color; roughly equivalent to -ive or sometimes -ish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ive",
          "-ive#English"
        ],
        [
          "-ish",
          "-ish#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/iw/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-iu"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -iu meaning in Romanian (3.4kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nominative- accusative'",
  "path": [
    "-iu"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-iu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nominative- accusative'",
  "path": [
    "-iu"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-iu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive- dative'",
  "path": [
    "-iu"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-iu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive- dative'",
  "path": [
    "-iu"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-iu",
  "trace": ""
}

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