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Russian
Etymology
Rebracketed from -ский (-skij) added to nouns ending in stressed -и́я (-íja).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-и́йский • (-íjskij)
- Adjectival suffix forming nouns meaning "related to X"; variant of -ский (-skij): -ian, -an, -ish
- А́нглия (Ánglija, “England”) + -и́йский (-íjskij) → англи́йский (anglíjskij, “English”)
- Росси́я (Rossíja, “Russia”) + -и́йский (-íjskij) → росси́йский (rossíjskij, “Russian”)
- Си́рия (Sírija, “Syria”) + -и́йский (-íjskij) → сири́йский (siríjskij, “Syrian”)
- Уга́нда (Ugánda, “Uganda”) + -и́йский (-íjskij) → уганди́йский (ugandíjskij, “Ugandan”)
- Чи́ли (Číli, “Chile”) + -и́йский (-íjskij) → чили́йский (čilíjskij, “Chilean”)
- Зимба́бве (Zimbábvɛ, “Zimbabwe”) + -и́йский (-íjskij) → зимбабви́йский (zimbabvíjskij, “Zimbabwean”)
- Бу́дда (Búdda, “Buddha”) + -и́йский (-íjskij) → будди́йский (buddíjskij, “Buddhist”)
- А́льпы (Álʹpy, “Alps”) + -и́йский (-íjskij) → альпи́йский (alʹpíjskij, “Alpine”)
- кавале́рия (kavalérija, “cavalry”) + -и́йский (-íjskij) → кавалери́йский (kavaleríjskij, “cavalry”) (relational)
Usage notes
- This suffix is added especially onto proper nouns, particularly those ending in -ия (-ija). However, some nouns not ending in -ия (-ija) also take -и́йский (-íjskij), and conversely some nouns in -ия (-ija) do not take -и́йский (-íjskij), e.g. ирла́ндский (irlándskij, “Irish”) from Ирла́ндия (Irlándija, “Ireland”) and алба́нский (albánskij, “Albanian”) from Алба́ния (Albánija, “Albania”).
- Adjectives in -и́йский (-íjskij) generally have corresponding demonyms ending in -и́ец (-íjec), while adjectives in -ский (-skij) have corresponding demonyms in -ец (-ec).
- The corresponding adverbial suffix is -и́йски (-íjski).
Declension
Declension of -и́йский (no short forms)
Derived terms