-ческий

Russian

Etymology

Extended form of -еский (-eskij), probably extracted by rebracketing from cases where this suffix was added to nouns ending in к (k), which was then palatalized to ч (č) in the Slavic first palatalization.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪskʲɪj]

Suffix

-ческий (-českij)

  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns or sometimes other adjectives, often attributive (meaning "related to X").
    наслажде́ние (naslaždénije, enjoyment)наслажде́нческий (naslaždénčeskij, (attributive) enjoyment)
    ста́рый (stáryj, old)ста́рческий (stárčeskij, senile; (attributive) old age)

Declension

Derived terms

  • -чески (-česki) (corresponding adverbial suffix)
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