Hindi suffix

-नीय

-nīya
ability / passive potential

Register

Sanskritic

Productivity

mid

attaches to a sizeable but bounded set

Attaches to

V · N

Status

Establisheddraft

mcgregor

Words built with -नीय

पठनीय
paṭhanīya
able to be read
पठ+-नीय
माननीय
mānanīya
worthy of respect
मान+-नीय

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

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

French

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

Hindi

this affix: -नीय

    Telugu

    Tamil