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Ukrainian
Etymology
From -и́ч (-ýč) + -ний (-nyj)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-и́чний • (-ýčnyj) m (feminine -ична, variant -ічний)
- Suffixed used to form adjectives from nouns.
- музика (muzyka, “music”) + -ичний (-yčnyj) → музичний (muzyčnyj, “musical”)
- лірика (liryka, “lyrics”) + -ичний (-yčnyj) → ліричний (liryčnyj, “lyrical”)
Usage notes
- The vast majority of adjectives ending in -ичний (-yčnyj) are based on foreign roots, and are often parallel to foreign terms ending in English -ic or equivalents in other languages (e.g. French -ique, German -ik), to which -ний (-nyj) has been added. See for example методи́чний (metodýčnyj, “methodical”), from мето́дика (metódika, “method, methodology”).
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