इव

iva

ind. (fr. pronominal base 3. i), like, in the same manner as (in this sense = yathā, andﾠ used correlatively to tathā);

as it were, as if (e.g.. pathêva, as if on a path);
in a certain manner, in some measure, a little, perhaps (in qualification orﾠ mitigation of a strong assertion);
nearly, almost, about (e.g.. muhūrtamiva, almost an hour);
so, just so, just, exactly, indeed, very (especially after words which involve some restriction e.g.. īshadiva, just a little;
kiṉcidiva, just a little bit:
andﾠ after a negation e.g.. nacirādiva, very soon)
iva is connected vaguely, andﾠ somewhat pleonastically, with an interrogative pronoun orﾠ adverb
(e.g.. kimiva, what? kathamiva, how could that possibly be?
kvêva, where, I should like to know?)
n. the Pada texts of the Ṛig, Yajur, andﾠ Atharva-veda, andﾠ by native grammarians,
iva is considered to be enclitic, andﾠ therefore compounded with the word after which it stands RV. AV. etc. etc.