-ческий

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Russian

Etymology

Extended form of -еский (-eskij), probably extracted by rebracketing from cases where this suffix was added to nouns ending in к (k), which was then palatalized to ч (č) in the Slavic first palatalization.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ческий • (-českij)

  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns or sometimes other adjectives, often relational (meaning "related to X").
    ‎наслажде́ние (naslaždénije, “enjoyment”) + ‎-ческий (-českij) → ‎наслажде́нческий (naslaždénčeskij, “(relational) enjoyment”)
    ‎ста́рый (stáryj, “old”) + ‎-ческий (-českij) → ‎ста́рческий (stárčeskij, “senile; (relational) old age”)

Declension

Declension of -ческий (no short forms)
masculine neuter feminine plural
nominative -ческий
-českij 		-ческое
-českoje 		-ческая
-českaja 		-ческие
-českije
genitive -ческого
-českovo 		-ческой
-českoj 		-ческих
-českix
dative -ческому
-českomu 		-ческой
-českoj 		-ческим
-českim
accusative animate -ческого
-českovo 		-ческое
-českoje 		-ческую
-českuju 		-ческих
-českix
inanimate -ческий
-českij 		-ческие
-českije
instrumental -ческим
-českim 		-ческой, -ческою
-českoj, -českoju 		-ческими
-českimi
prepositional -ческом
-českom 		-ческой
-českoj 		-ческих
-českix

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ческий
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