-икъ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• -ⰻⰽⱏ (-ikŭ) — Glagolitic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ikъ.

Suffix

-икъ • (-ikŭ) m

1. -er, -or; Deadjectival nominalizing suffix used chiefly to create a masculine agent noun from adjectives in -ин- and passive participles in -ен-.
   • грѣшьнъ (grěšĭnŭ, “sinful”) + -икъ (-ikŭ) → грѣшьникъ (grěšĭnikŭ, “sinner”)

   Isolated example is златикъ (zlatikŭ, “gold coin”), which has the suffix appended directly to the root злато (zlato, “gold”), and has diminutive (or singulative) meaning.

Declension

Declension of -икъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-икъ -ikŭ	-ика -ika	-ици -ici
genitive	-ика -ika	-икоу -iku	-икъ -ikŭ
dative	-икоу -iku	-икома -ikoma	-икомъ -ikomŭ
accusative	-икъ -ikŭ	-ика -ika	-икꙑ -iky
instrumental	-икомъ -ikomŭ	-икома -ikoma	-икꙑ -iky
locative	-ицѣ -icě	-икоу -iku	-ицѣхъ -icěxŭ
vocative	-иче -iče	-ика -ika	-ици -ici

Derived terms

Old Church Slavonic terms suffixed with -икъ

Related terms

• -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ)
• -тель (-telĭ)
• -арь (-arĭ)