-ичный

Russian

Etymology

-и́к (-ík) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʲit͡ɕnɨj]

Suffix

-и́чный • (-íčnyj)

1. Suffixed used to form adjectives from nouns.

   ‎аристокра́т (aristokrát, “aristocrat”) + ‎-и́чный (-íčnyj) → ‎аристократи́чный (aristokratíčnyj, “aristocratic”)

   ‎ме́тод (métod, “method”) + ‎-и́чный (-íčnyj) → ‎методи́чный (metodíčnyj, “methodical”)

   ‎год (god, “year”) + ‎-и́чный (-íčnyj) → ‎годи́чный (godíčnyj, “year (relational); annual, yearly”)

Usage notes

• The vast majority of adjectives with this suffix are based off of foreign roots, and are often parallel to foreign terms ending in English -ic or equivalents in other languages (e.g. French -ique, German -ik). As a result, it is often not clear if a given term ending in -и́чный (-íčnyj) was formed within Russian or whether the term ending in -ic/-ique/-ik was borrowed directly with -ный (-nyj) added.

Declension

Declension of -и́чный (short class a*)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		-и́чный -íčnyj	-и́чное -íčnoje	-и́чная -íčnaja	-и́чные -íčnyje
genitive		-и́чного -íčnovo		-и́чной -íčnoj	-и́чных -íčnyx
dative		-и́чному -íčnomu		-и́чной -íčnoj	-и́чным -íčnym
accusative	animate	-и́чного -íčnovo	-и́чное -íčnoje	-и́чную -íčnuju	-и́чных -íčnyx
	inanimate	-и́чный -íčnyj			-и́чные -íčnyje
instrumental		-и́чным -íčnym		-и́чной, -и́чною -íčnoj, -íčnoju	-и́чными -íčnymi
prepositional		-и́чном -íčnom		-и́чной -íčnoj	-и́чных -íčnyx
short form		-и́чен -íčen	-и́чно -íčno	-и́чна -íčna	-и́чны -íčny

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ичный

Related terms

• -и́ческий (-íčeskij)