I'veとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /aɪv/
• 韻: -aɪv

語源

From Middle English -yf, from Anglo-Norman -if (feminine -ive), from Latin -īvus. Until the fourteenth century all Middle English loanwords from Anglo-Norman ended in -if (compare actif, natif, sensitif, pensif etc.), and under the influence of literary Neo-Latin both languages introduced the form -ive. Those forms that have not been replaced were subsequently changed to end in -y (compare hasty, from hastif, jolly, from jolif etc.).

Like the Latin suffix -iō (genitive -iōnis), the Latin suffix -ivus is appended to the perfect passive participle to form an adjective of action.

固有名詞

Ive (複数形 Ives)

1. A surname.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Ivy
   • 2009, Julie Hearn, Ivy, page 80:

     “'e should've bin back by now from 'is 'ouse call. And what's she doin' up? I wants me supper and I wants it in peace.” “she's just goin up,” carroty kate replied quickly. “Ain't yer, Ive?” Ivy looked from one person to another.