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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ičь.
Suffix
-ич • (-ič) m (rare)
- Forms nomina agentis from verbs or adjectives.
- во́дя (vódja, “to lead”) + -ич (-ič) → води́ч (vodíč, “leader”) (dated, dialectal)
- млад (mlad, “young”) + -ич (-ič) → мла́дич (mládič, “lad, youngster”) (dated, dialectal)
- Forms diminutive nouns from nouns.
- бог (bog, “God”) + -ич (-ič) → божи́ч (božíč, “God's son”) (dialectal)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-iťь.
Suffix
-ич • (-ič) m (obsolete)
- Forms masculine patronymic proper names from adjectival forms of personal names; originally denoting membership to a household
- Петров (Petrov) + -ич (-ič) → Петрович (Petrovič)
- Иванов (Ivanov) + -ич (-ič) → Иванович (Ivanovič)
Russian
- -ыч (-yč) — after a hard consonant
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic -ичь (-ičĭ), from Proto-Slavic *-iťь.
Suffix
-ич • (-ič) m (informal)
- A masculine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a soft (palatalized) consonant: son of
- И́горь (Ígorʹ, “Igor”) + -ич (-ič) → И́горич (Ígorič, “son of Igor”)
- Тимофе́й (Timoféj, “Timothy”) + -ич (-ič) → Тимофе́ич (Timoféič, “son of Timothy”)
Declension
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Suffix
-ич (Latin spelling -ič)
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, used only for four nouns: бранич, гонич, рибич and водич.