-ичък

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Compound suffix equivalent to -ич (-ič) (diminutive suffix) +‎ -ък (-ǎk). In some cases, both the diminutive noun and the corresponding diminutive adjective are attested, e.g.:

мъний (mǎnij, “too small”) (obsolete) → мъник (mǎnik, “midget”) → мъничък (mǎničǎk, “tiny”)

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Suffix

-ичък • (-ičǎk)

  1. Forms pronouns depicting completeness:
    все (vse, “each”) → *всичък (*vsičǎk) → всичко (vsičko, “all, everything”) (adverb), всички pl (vsički, “all, whole”)
    един (edin, “one”) → едничък (edničǎk, “only, unique”)
  2. Forms size adjectives with diminutive or emphatic meaning: -ish
    голям (goljam, “large”) → големичък (golemičǎk, “slightly large”)
    дребен (dreben, “tiny”) → дребничък (drebničǎk, “particularly tiny”)
    нисък (nisǎk, “short”) → нисичък (nisičǎk, “particularly short”)
    кратък (kratǎk, “brief, concise”) → кратичък (kratičǎk, “particularly brief”)
  3. Forms qualitative adjectives with diminutive meaning: -ish
    добър (dobǎr, “good”) → добричък (dobričǎk, “kind, easy-going”)
    зъл (zǎl, “evil”) → зличък (zličǎk, “evilish”)
    красив (krasiv, “beautiful”) → красивичък (krasivičǎk, “cute, pretty”)
    бърз (bǎrz, “fast, quick”) → бързичък (bǎrzičǎk, “quite quick”)

Derived terms

Bulgarian terms suffixed with -ичък

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