Hindi suffix

-मय

-may
possessive / characterised-by

Register

Sanskritic

Productivity

mid

attaches to a sizeable but bounded set

Attaches to

N

Status

Establisheddraft

mcgregor

Words built with -मय

आनंदमय
ānandmay
full of joy
आनंद+-मय

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

  • -ful
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -ous
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)

French

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

Hindi

this affix: -मय

    Telugu

    Tamil