-ík

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ik"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ikъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ iːk]

Suffix

-ík m anim or m inan (noun-forming suffix)

  1. a diminutive suffix
    keř + ‎-ík → ‎keřík
    žert + ‎-ík → ‎žertík

Derived terms

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ikъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iːk/, [iːk]

Suffix

-ík m

  1. a diminutive suffix
    chlieb + ‎-ík → ‎chlebík
    Ján + ‎-ík → ‎Janík
  2. used to form the name of the bearer of a property from an adjective
    falošný + ‎-ík → ‎falošník
  3. alternative form of suffix -ník before roots in -n or
    baňa + ‎-ík → ‎baník
  4. suffix for adaptation of borrowings in -i
    taxi + ‎-ík → ‎taxík

Declension

  • Animate nouns:
Declension of -ík
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominative-ík-íci
genitive-íka-íkov
dative-íkovi-íkom
accusative-íka-íkov
locative-íkovi-íkoch
instrumental-íkom-íkmi
  • Inanimate nouns:
Declension of -ík
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominative-ík-íky
genitive-íka-íkov
dative-íku-íkom
accusative-ík-íky
locative-íku-íkoch
instrumental-íkom-íkmi
  • Animal nouns:
Declension of -ík
(patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))
singularplural
nominative-ík-íky
genitive-íka-íkov
dative-íkovi-íkom
accusative-íka-íky
locative-íkovi-íkoch
instrumental-íkom-íkmi

Derived terms

  • -ik (alternative form of -ík after roots in a long vowel or a diphthong)
  • -ník ~ -nik
  • -íčka ~ -ička

Further reading

  • Pauliny, Eugen - Ružička, Jozef - Štolc, Jozef (1968), Slovenská gramatika (in Slovak), 5th edition, Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, pages 145-152
  • -ík in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk