-ичък

Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Compound suffix equivalent to -ич (-ič) (diminutive suffix) +‎ -ък (-ǎk). In some cases, both the diminutive noun and the corresponding diminutive adjective are attested, e.g.:

мъний (mǎnij, “too small”) (obsolete) → мъник (mǎnik, “midget”) → мъничък (mǎničǎk, “tiny”)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [-it͡ʃɐk]
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Suffix edit

-ичък • (-ičǎk)

Forms pronouns depicting completeness:
все (vse, “each”) → *всичък (*vsičǎk) → всичко (vsičko, “all, everything”) (adverb), всички pl (vsički, “all, whole”)

един (edin, “one”) → едничък (edničǎk, “only, unique”)
Forms size adjectives with diminutive or emphatic meaning: -ish
голям (goljam, “large”) → големичък (golemičǎk, “slightly large”)

дребен (dreben, “tiny”) → дребничък (drebničǎk, “particularly tiny”)

нисък (nisǎk, “short”) → нисичък (nisičǎk, “particularly short”)

кратък (kratǎk, “brief, concise”) → кратичък (kratičǎk, “particularly brief”)
Forms qualitative adjectives with diminutive meaning: -ish
добър (dobǎr, “good”) → добричък (dobričǎk, “kind, easy-going”)

зъл (zǎl, “evil”) → зличък (zličǎk, “evilish”)

красив (krasiv, “beautiful”) → красивичък (krasivičǎk, “cute, pretty”)

бърз (bǎrz, “fast, quick”) → бързичък (bǎrzičǎk, “quite quick”)

Derived terms edit

Bulgarian terms suffixed with -ичък