-ive
tending to, having the nature of
Latin · -ivus
Makes adjectives meaning tending to do something or having a quality: create + ive = creative, attract + ive = attractive. The base often drops its final e.
Memory trick
-ive is a drive: the word keeps pushing toward that action or quality.
Words from this root
- active (act + ive) — always doing thingsसक्रिय
- creative (creat + ive) — full of new ideasरचनात्मक
- attractive (attract + ive) — pleasing to look atआकर्षक
- expensive (expens + ive) — costing a lotमहँगा
- effective (effect + ive) — working wellप्रभावी
- positive (posit + ive) — hopeful, certainसकारात्मक
- negative (negat + ive) — saying no; harmfulनकारात्मक
- native (nat + ive) — born in a placeमूल निवासी
- passive (pass + ive) — accepting without actingनिष्क्रिय
- sensitive (sensit + ive) — easily affected or hurtसंवेदनशील
- competitive (competit + ive) — eager to winप्रतिस्पर्धी
- productive (product + ive) — getting a lot doneउत्पादक