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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ikъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ík m anim or m inan (noun-forming suffix)
- a diminutive suffix
- keř + -ík → keřík
- žert + -ík → žertík
Derived terms
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Further reading
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ikъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ík m
- a diminutive suffix
- chlieb + -ík → chlebík
- Ján + -ík → Janík
- used to form the name of the bearer of a property from an adjective
- falošný + -ík → falošník
- alternative form of suffix -ník before roots in -n or -ň
- baňa + -ík → baník
- suffix for adaptation of borrowings in -i
- taxi + -ík → taxík
Declension
- 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:
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- 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