Russian
Suffix
-ик • (-ik)
- -er, -or, -ant, -ic, -ist, -yst (nominalizing suffix appended to words to create masculine agent nouns, usually denoting a profession, performer, place, object, tool or a feature).
- forming diminutives
- слоник (little elephant)
- прутик (little twig)
Declension
Declension of -ик (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
|
singular |
plural |
| nominative |
-ик
-ik
|
-ики
-iki
|
| genitive |
-ика
-ika
|
-иков
-ikov
|
| dative |
-ику
-iku
|
-икам
-ikam
|
accusative animate
inanimate
|
-ика
-ika
|
-иков
-ikov
|
-ик
-ik
|
-ики
-iki
|
| instrumental |
-иком
-ikom
|
-иками
-ikami
|
| prepositional |
-ике
-ike
|
-иках
-ikax
|
Derived terms
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- сборщик (sborščik)
- сказочник (skazočnik)
- субчик (subčik)
- телик (telik)
- туник (tunik)
- учени́к (učeník)
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Related terms
- -ник (-nik)
- -чик (-čik)
- -щик (-ščik)
Descendants
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ikъ.
Suffix
-ик (Latin spelling -ik)
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer, place, object, tool or a feature.
See also