-ский

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ + -ий (-ij), from which also comes -ск (-sk), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Cognate with English -ish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [skʲɪj]

Suffix

-ский (-skij)

  1. -ian, -ic, -ish (adjectival suffix forming attributive nouns, i.e. meaning "related to X", esp. referring to proper nouns and other nouns referring to people)
    америка́нский (amerikánskij, American)
    англи́йский (anglíjskij, English)
    ру́сский (rússkij, Russian)
    изда́тель (izdátelʹ, publisher)изда́тельский (izdátelʹskij, publisher (attributive))
    депута́т (deputát, deputy)депута́тский (deputátskij, deputy (attributive))

Usage notes

Declension

Derived terms

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