-ický

See also: icky and -ičký

Czech

Etymology

Probably from Latin -icus and Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) under influence of -cký, a variant of -ský. Some uses can be analyzed as -ika + -cký (compare Russian -и́ческий (-íčeskij)). Cognates include French -ique, English -ical, Italian -ico and Spanish -ico.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ ɪt͡skiː]
  • Rhymes: -ɪtskiː

Suffix

-ický (adjective-forming suffix)

  1. -ic,-ical (of or relating to)
    dualista + ‎-ický → ‎dualistický
    practicus + ‎-ický → ‎praktický

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -ický

See also

Further reading