-իկ

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ik/ [ik]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /iɡ/ [iɡ]

Inherited from Middle Armenian -իկ (-ik), from Old Armenian -իկ (-ik).

-իկ • (-ik)

1. forming diminutives or terms expressing affection

   Synonyms: -ուկ (-uk), -ակ (-ak)

   մայրիկ ― mayrik ― mommy

   շնիկ ― šnik ― doggy

   գնդիկ ― gndik ― little ball

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian -իկ (-ik).

-իկ • (-ik)

1. forming agent nouns and adjectives

   շրջիկ ― šrǰik ― wandering; wanderer

From Old Armenian -իկ (-ik).

-իկ • (-ik)

1. forming diminutives

• Armenian: -իկ (-ik)

From earlier *-իկն (*-ikn), from the stem element *-ī̆- + Proto-Indo-European *-kon- suffix. Compare the n-type declension of words with this suffix. Possibly contaminated with -իկ (-ik) of Iranian origin (see Etymology 2). See also -ուկ (-uk).

-իկ • (-ik)

1. forming diminutives

   շնիկ ― šnik ― doggy

• Middle Armenian: -իկ (-ik)
  • Armenian: -իկ (-ik)

From Middle Iranian *-īk, from Old Iranian *-ya-ka.

-իկ • (-ik)

1. forming agent nouns and adjectives

   մարտիկ ― martik ― fighter

   ոստանիկ ― ostanik ― a free inhabitant of ոստան (ostan)

   մարզիկ ― marzik ― athlete

   տոհմիկ ― tohmik ― noble

   սպասիկ ― spasik ― servant

   այժմիկ ― ayžmik ― now, at present

   դրանիկ ― dranik ― courtier

2. forming ethnonyms

   հնդիկ ― hndik ― Indian

   պարսիկ ― parsik ― Persian

• → Armenian: -իկ (-ik) (learned)

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-իկ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48