Hindi suffix

-ईय

-īya
relational adjective

Register

Sanskritic

Productivity

mid

attaches to a sizeable but bounded set

Attaches to

N

Status

Establisheddraft

mcgregor

Words built with -ईय

राष्ट्रीय
rāṣṭrīya
of the nation
राष्ट्र+-ईय

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

  • -ic
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)
  • -al
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)

French

  • -ant
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -eux
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -ique
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)
  • -al
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)
  • -in
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)

Hindi

this affix: -ईय

    Telugu

    • -ఐన
      functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)

    Tamil

    • -ஆன
      functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
    • -இய
      register-matched functional equivalent