-īgs

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos. Cognates include Lithuanian -ingas, Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ, *-kъ, Proto-Germanic *-gaz, Latin -icus, Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), Sanskrit -शस (-śasa), -कस (-kasa).

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-īgs (feminine -īga)

  1. Added to nouns or verbs to derive adjectives with the meaning 'typical of' or 'characterized by' the original noun (like English -ic, -ical, or -y).

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