Czech Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ikъ.

Pronunciation Edit

Suffix Edit

-ík m anim or m inan (noun-forming suffix)

  1. a diminutive suffix
    keř + ‎-ík → ‎keřík
    žert + ‎-ík → ‎žertík

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Slovak Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ikъ.

Pronunciation Edit

Suffix Edit

-ík m

  1. a diminutive suffix
    chlieb + ‎-ík → ‎chlebík
    Ján + ‎-ík → ‎Janík
  2. used to form the name of the brearer of a property from an adjective
    falošný + ‎-ík → ‎falošník
  3. alternative form of suffix -ník before roots in -n or
    baňa + ‎-ík → ‎baník
  4. suffix for adaptation of borrowings in -i
    taxi + ‎-ík → ‎taxík

Declension Edit

  • Declension in case of an inanimate noun according to the declension pattern dub:
  • Declension in case of an animate noun according to the declension pattern chlap:

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Further reading Edit

  • Pauliny, Eugen - Ružička, Jozef - Štolc, Jozef (1968), Slovenská gramatika (in Slovak), 5th edition, Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, pages 145-152
  • -ík in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk