-ік

• -қ (-q), -к (-k), -ық (-yq)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-k.

-ік • (-ık)

1. Forms nouns from verbs

   ‎ұзау (ūzau, “to lengthen”) + ‎-ік (-ık) → ‎ұзақ (ūzaq, “long”)

See -ик (-yk). Compare Belarusian -ік (-ik).

• IPA^(key): [ ik]

-ік • (-ik) m (variant -ик or -їк)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer, place, object, tool or a feature.
2. fictive suffix in case when both an occupational name in -ік and its base noun were borrowed

   ‎академія (akademija) + ‎-ік (-ik) → ‎академік (akademik)

• Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га [Lev Mykhailovych Poliuha] (2001), Словник українських морфем: близько 40 000 слів [Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes: close to 40,000 words] (in Ukrainian), Львів [Lviv]: Світ [Svit], →ISBN, page unspecified