Galician edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin -icus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin.

Suffix edit

-ico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ica, masculine plural -icos, feminine plural -icas)

  1. -ic; forms adjectives from nouns

Derived terms edit

From

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Interlingua edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English -ic, French -ique, Italian -ico, Portuguese -ico, Spanish -ico, Russian -ик (-ik) all ultimately from Latin -icum, from -icus.

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-ico

  1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a person occupied with a science or study; -ic, -ician, -ian
    historia (history) + ‎-ico → ‎historico (historian)
    theoria (theory) + ‎-ico → ‎theorico (theoretician)

Usage notes edit

  • The stressed syllable in words formed with -ico is the antepenult, i.e. the syllable prior to the suffix.
  • A corresponding nominal suffix denoting a particular science or study is -ica while the corresponding adjectival suffix is -ic.

Derived terms edit

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -ico not found

References edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin -icus.

Suffix edit

-ico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ica, masculine plural -ici, feminine plural -iche)

  1. -ic

Derived terms edit

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From suffixed to words with stems ending in -ic (including -icus), which was reinterpreted as part of the suffix.

Suffix edit

-icō (present infinitive -icāre, perfect active -icāvī, supine -icātum); first conjugation

  1. forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes with frequentative meaning
    fodiō + -icōfodicō
    albus + -icōalbicō
Conjugation edit
   Conjugation of -icō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present -icō -icās -icat -icāmus -icātis -icant
imperfect -icābam -icābās -icābat -icābāmus -icābātis -icābant
future -icābō -icābis -icābit -icābimus -icābitis -icābunt
perfect -icāvī -icāvistī -icāvit -icāvimus -icāvistis -icāvērunt,
-icāvēre
pluperfect -icāveram -icāverās -icāverat -icāverāmus -icāverātis -icāverant
future perfect -icāverō -icāveris -icāverit -icāverimus -icāveritis -icāverint
sigmatic future1 -icāssō -icāssis -icāssit -icāssimus -icāssitis -icāssint
passive present -icor -icāris,
-icāre
-icātur -icāmur -icāminī -icantur
imperfect -icābar -icābāris,
-icābāre
-icābātur -icābāmur -icābāminī -icābantur
future -icābor -icāberis,
-icābere
-icābitur -icābimur -icābiminī -icābuntur
perfect -icātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect -icātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect -icātus + future active indicative of sum
sigmatic future1 -icāssor -icāsseris -icāssitur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present -icem -icēs -icet -icēmus -icētis -icent
imperfect -icārem -icārēs -icāret -icārēmus -icārētis -icārent
perfect -icāverim -icāverīs -icāverit -icāverīmus -icāverītis -icāverint
pluperfect -icāvissem -icāvissēs -icāvisset -icāvissēmus -icāvissētis -icāvissent
sigmatic aorist1 -icāssim -icāssīs -icāssīt -icāssīmus -icāssītis -icāssint
passive present -icer -icēris,
-icēre
-icētur -icēmur -icēminī -icentur
imperfect -icārer -icārēris,
-icārēre
-icārētur -icārēmur -icārēminī -icārentur
perfect -icātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect -icātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present -icā -icāte
future -icātō -icātō -icātōte -icantō
passive present -icāre -icāminī
future -icātor -icātor -icantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives -icāre -icāvisse -icātūrum esse -icārī,
-icārier2
-icātum esse -icātum īrī
participles -icāns -icātūrus -icātus -icandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
-icandī -icandō -icandum -icandō -icātum -icātū

1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). It is also attested as having a rare sigmatic future passive indicative form ("will have been"), which is not attested in the plural for any verb.
2The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Catalan: -egar
  • Italian: -icare
  • Sicilian: -icari

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix edit

-icō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -icus

Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Learned borrowing from Latin -icus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin, from Proto-Indo-European *-ikos, *-iḱos.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /i.ku/

Suffix edit

-ico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ica, masculine plural -icos, feminine plural -icas)

  1. -ic; -ical (of or relating to [the suffixed noun])
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-ico m (noun-forming suffix, plural -icos, feminine -ica, feminine plural -icas)

  1. irregular diminutive suffix, often forming new senses rather than semantic diminutives
    burro (donkey) + ‎-ico → ‎burrico (small donkey)
    verão (summer) + ‎-ico → ‎veranico (Indian summer)

Spanish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin -icus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun.

Suffix edit

-ico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ica, masculine plural -icos, feminine plural -icas)

  1. forms adjectives from nouns; -ic
    fotografía (photograph) + ‎-ico → ‎fotográfico (photographic)
Usage notes edit
  • The stress will fall on the syllable before the suffix (e.g. cuántico, with emphasis on /a/). Contrast Etymology 2, with stress on the suffix.

Etymology 2 edit

Related to Ladino -iko, which serves as the equivalent of -ito.

Suffix edit

-ico m (noun-forming suffix, plural -icos)

  1. (Murcia, Granada, Navarre, Aragón, Cuba, Venezuela) usually pejorative diminutive suffix; forms nouns from nouns; replaces standard Spanish suffix -ito
Usage notes edit
  • The stress falls on the first syllable of the suffix (e.g. marica, with emphasis on /i/). Contrast Etymology 1, with stress on the syllable preceding the suffix.

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit