-ик

See also: ик and ИК

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ikъ.

Suffix

-ик • (-ik)

  1. -er, -or, -ant, -ic, -ist nominalizing suffix appended to words to create masculine agent nouns, usually denoting a profession, performer, place, object, tool or a feature.
  2. forming diminutives
    слон (slon) + ‎-ик (-ik) → ‎сло́ник (slónik, “little elephant”)
    прут (prut) + ‎-ик (-ik) → ‎пру́тик (prútik, “little twig”)

Declension

Declension of -ик (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative -ик
-ik		 -ики
-iki
genitive -ика
-ika		 -иков
-ikov
dative -ику
-iku		 -икам
-ikam
accusative animate

inanimate		 -ика
-ika		 -иков
-ikov
-ик
-ik		 -ики
-iki
instrumental -иком
-ikom		 -иками
-ikami
prepositional -ике
-ike		 -иках
-ikax

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Russian_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%B8%D0%BA'>Russian words suffixed with -ик</a>
  • су́бчик (súbčik)
  • -ник (-nik)
  • -чик (-čik)
  • -щик (-ščik)

Descendants

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ikъ.

Suffix

-ик (Latin spelling -ik)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer, place, object, tool or a feature.

See also

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