To describe adaptable itineraries, negotiable prices, or flexible plans, Farsi uses a highly productive suffix: پذیر.
The Suffix: پذیر-
When added to a noun, پذیر forms an adjective indicating capacity, possibility, or susceptibility. It translates closely to the English suffixes "-able" or "-ible".
| feasible / possible (doable) | امکانپذیرemkân-pazir |
| Is traveling with this group still feasible? | آیا سفر با این گروه هنوز امکانپذیر است؟âyâ safar bâ in goruh hanuz emkânpazir ast? |
Planning and Booking
You will frequently see this suffix used to describe how strict or flexible travel arrangements are. For example, adding پذیر to تغییر (change) creates تغییرپذیر (changeable). Similar combinations create words for "refundable" (برگشتپذیر) and "cancellable" (لغوپذیر).
| This travel schedule is very changeable. | این برنامهی سفر بسیار تغییرپذیر است.in barnâme-ye safar besyâr taghyirpazir ast |
| The train ticket is refundable, so do not worry. | بلیت قطار برگشتپذیر است، پس نگران نباشید.belit-e ghatâr bargasht-pazir ast, pas negarân nabâshid. |
| From Saturday to Monday, this flight is cancellable. | از شنبه تا دوشنبه این پرواز لغوپذیر است.az shanbe tâ doshanbe in parvâz laghvpazir ast. |
Logistics and Flexibility
For discussing the logistics of a trip, you can form adjectives like مذاکرهپذیر (negotiable) and اجراپذیر (executable / feasible to implement). When discussing these kinds of adaptable plans, you will often also need the noun for "flexibility" (انعطاف).
| flexibility | انعطافen'etâf |
| We need flexibility on this trip, because the hotel price is not negotiable. | ما در این سفر به انعطاف نیاز داریم، چون قیمت هتل مذاکرهپذیر نیست.mâ dar in safar be en'etâf niyâz dârim, chon qeymat hotel mozâkere-pazir nist. |
| For the schedule to be feasible, the routes must be changeable. | برای اینکه برنامه اجراپذیر باشد، مسیرها باید تغییرپذیر باشند.barâye in-ke barnâme ejrâ-pazir bâshad, masirhâ bâyad taghyir-pazir bâshand. |
Assessment and Vulnerability
The پذیر suffix is also used to express how susceptible someone or something is to a state or action.
- باور (belief) + پذیر = باورپذیر (believable)
- پیشبینی (prediction) + پذیر = پیشبینیپذیر (predictable)
- آسیب (harm/damage) + پذیر = آسیبپذیر (vulnerable / susceptible)
| This excuse is predictable but believable. | این بهانه پیشبینیپذیر اما باورپذیر است.in bahâne pish-bini-pazir ammâ bâvar-pazir ast. |
| The weather in this region is not predictable, therefore camping is not possible. | هوا در این منطقه پیشبینیپذیر نیست، بنابراین چادر زدن امکانپذیر نیست.havâ dar in mantaghe pish-bini-pazir nist, banâbarin châdor zadan emkân-pazir nist. |
| Without a tent, we are vulnerable in the mountains. | بدون چادر، ما در کوهستان آسیبپذیر هستیم.bedun-e châdor, mâ dar kuhestân âsib-pazir hastim. |
