-иц

• -ыц (-yc) — after dentals

From Byzantine Greek -ίτσιν (-ítsin).

• IPA^(key): [-ʲˈit͡s]

-иц • (-ic)

1. Used to form diminutives of nouns.

• -їц (-jic) — after л and н

• IPA^(key): [ˈit͡s]
• Rhymes: -it͡s
• Hyphenation: иц
• Homophone: идз (idz)

Inherited from Old Slovak -iť, from Proto-Slavic *-iti.

-иц (-ic)

1. forms class 2 verbs

   ‎труба (truba, “trumpet”) + ‎-иц (-ic) → ‎трубиц (trubic, “to play the trumpet”)

   ‎щит (ščit, “shield”) + ‎-иц (-ic) → ‎щициц (ščicic, “to protect, to shield”)

2. forms class 9 verbs

• Stems ending in -д- (-d-) or -т- (-t-) are palatalized and become -дз- (-dz-) and -ц- (-c-).

Class 2, with stems ending in most consonants:

Class 2, with stems ending in б, п, в, ф, м, р, minus патриц (patric) and its prefixed variants:

Class 9:

Inherited from Old Slovak -iť, -ieť, *-íť, from Proto-Slavic *-ěti.

-иц (-ic)

2. forms class 5 verbs from adjectives, usually with a sense of "make" or "get" into the adjective: -en, -ify

   Synonym: -нуц (-nuc)

   ‎жовти (žovti, “yellow”) + ‎-иц (-ic) → ‎жовциц (žovcic, “to make yellow”)

   ‎шиви (šivi, “grey”) + ‎-иц (-ic) → ‎шивиц (šivic, “to make grey”)

   ‎мудри (mudri, “wise”) + ‎-иц (-ic) → ‎мудриц (mudric, “to become wise”)

   ‎за- (za-) + ‎хори (xori, “sick”) + ‎-иц (-ic) → ‎захориц (zaxoric, “to get severely sick”)

• Adjectives ending in -ди (-di) or -ти (-ti) are palatalized and become -дзиц (-dzic) and -циц (-cic).
• Some verbs originally inherited from this root take class 2 conjugation, such as розумиц (rozumic), originally from Proto-Slavic *orzuměti.