-ичък

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Compound suffix equivalent to -ич (-ič) (diminutive suffix) +‎ -ък (-ǎk). In some cases, both the diminutive noun and the corresponding diminutive adjective are attested, e.g.:

мъний (mǎnij, too small) (obsolete)мъник (mǎnik, midget)мъничък (mǎničǎk, tiny)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [-it͡ʃɐk]
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Suffix

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-ичък (-ičǎk)

  1. Forms pronouns depicting completeness:
    все (vse, each)*всичък (*vsičǎk)всичко (vsičko, all, everything) (adverb), всички pl (vsički, all, whole)
    един (edin, one)едничък (edničǎk, only, unique)
  2. Forms size adjectives with diminutive or emphatic meaning: -ish
    голям (goljam, large)големичък (golemičǎk, slightly large)
    дребен (dreben, tiny)дребничък (drebničǎk, particularly tiny)
    нисък (nisǎk, short)нисичък (nisičǎk, particularly short)
    кратък (kratǎk, brief, concise)кратичък (kratičǎk, particularly brief)
  3. Forms qualitative adjectives with diminutive meaning: -ish
    добър (dobǎr, good)добричък (dobričǎk, kind, easy-going)
    зъл (zǎl, evil)зличък (zličǎk, evilish)
    красив (krasiv, beautiful)красивичък (krasivičǎk, cute, pretty)
    бърз (bǎrz, fast, quick)бързичък (bǎrzičǎk, quite quick)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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