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Russian
Etymology
-и́к (-ík) + -ный (-nyj)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-и́чный • (-íčnyj)
- Suffixed used to form adjectives from nouns.
- второ́й (vtorój, “second”) + -ичный (-ičnyj) → втори́чный (vtoríčnyj, “secondary”)
- год (god, “year”) + -ичный (-ičnyj) → годи́чный (godíčnyj, “year (relational); annual, yearly”)
Usage notes
- The vast majority of adjectives ending in -ичный (-ičnyj) are based off of 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 -ный (-nyj) has been added. See for example методи́чный (metodíčnyj, “methodical”), from мето́дика (metódika, “method, methodology”).
Declension
Declension of -и́чный (short class a*)
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