-ík
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ik"
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ikъ.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ík m anim or m inan (noun-forming suffix)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ikъ.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ík m
- a diminutive suffix
- used to form the name of the bearer of a property from an adjective
- alternative form of suffix -ník before roots in -n or -ň
- suffix for adaptation of borrowings in -i
Declension edit
- Declension in case of an inanimate noun according to the declension pattern dub:
Declension of -ík
- Declension in case of an animate noun according to the declension pattern chlap:
Declension of -ík
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- -ik (“alternative form of -ík after roots in a long vowel or a diphthong”)
- -ník ~ -nik
- -íčka ~ -ička
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