-ski
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Russian -ский (-skij, adjectival suffix), perhaps influenced by Russki or other -ski-terminated terms such as Russian surnames. Doublet of -ish and -esque.
Suffix
-ski
- (informal, humorous) Added to a word, name, or phrase to invoke Russianness, Polishness, or a more general Slavicness.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
As with many slang suffixes, there are probably multiple origins. The main origin is probably -ska + -i, but there is almost certainly at least some inspiration taken from Russian -ский (-skij).
Suffix
-ski (slang)
- Slang suffix, generally for nouns (with clipping).
Derived terms
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.
Suffix
-ski
- a suffix added to a noun to form an adjective
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | virile | nonvirile | ||||
| animate | inanimate | |||||||||
| nominative vocative |
-ski | -ske | -ska | -skej | -ske | |||||
| genitive | -skego -skeg¹ |
-skeje -skej¹ |
-skeju | -skich | ||||||
| dative | -skemu -skem¹ |
-skej | -skima | -skim | ||||||
| accusative | -skego -skeg¹ |
-ski | -ske | -sku | -skeju | -skej | -ske, -skich | -ske | ||
| instrumental | -skim | -skeju -skej¹ |
-skima | -skimi | ||||||
| locative | -skem -skim² |
-skej | -skima | -skich | ||||||
¹ poetic, colloquial
² obsolete, dialectal
Derived terms
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ski
- forms adjectives
Derived terms
Descendants
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish -ski.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ski/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: -ski
Suffix
-ski
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | virile (= masculine personal) | non-virile | |
| nominative/ |
-ski | -ska | -skie | -scy | -skie | |
| genitive | -skiego | -skiej | -skiego | -skich | ||
| dative | -skiemu, -sku1 | -skiej | -skiemu, -sku1 | -skim | ||
| accusative | -skiego | -ski | -ską | -skie | -skich | -skie |
| instrumental | -skim | -ską | -skim | -skimi | ||
| locative | -skim | -skiej | -skim | -skich | ||
1Archaic.
Derived terms
Further reading
- -ski in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skiː/
Suffix
-skī (Cyrillic spelling -скӣ)
- added to nouns to form a relational adjective
Usage notes
- Since the suffix originally began with a front vowel, the Slavic first palatalization applies to stems ending in velars, followed by voicing assimilation and cluster simplification. Thus:
- jùnāk (“hero”) + -skī → *jùnāčskī → jùnāčkī (“heroic”)
- demàgog (“demagogue”) + -skī → *demàgožskī → *demàgošskī → demàgoškī (“demagogic”)
- Čȅh (“Czech man”) + -skī → *čȅšskī → čȅškī (“Czech”)
- pròsinac (“December”) (Croatia) + -skī → *pròsinačskī → pròsinačkī (“December (relational)”) (Croatia)
Suffix
-ski (Cyrillic spelling -ски)
Derived terms
Silesian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish -ski.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ski/
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: -ski
Suffix
-ski
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | ||||
| animate | inanimate | |||||||
| nominative | -ski | -skie | -skŏ | - | -skie | |||
| genitive | -skigo | -skij | -skich | |||||
| dative | -skimu | -skij | -skim | |||||
| accusative | -skigo | -ski | -skie | -skõ | -skich | -skie | ||
| instrumental | -skim | -skōm | -skimi | |||||
| locative | -skim | -skij | -skich | |||||
| vocative | -ski | -skie | -skŏ | - | -skie | |||
Derived terms
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-ski/
Suffix
-ski
- added to nouns (people or animals) to form an adjective