-𐎡𐎣

Old Persian

Etymology

from Proto-Iranian *-ikah, itself from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos which is composed of a-stem suffix *-eh₂ + adjectival suffix *-kos.

Suffix

-𐎡𐎣 (-i-k /-ikah/)

1. of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to,

Usage notes

1. somewhat equivalent to English -y and other English suffixes synonymous to it.

Descendants

• Middle Persian: (/⁠-īk ~ -īg⁠/)

  • Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (-yg)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (-yk')

    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: -𐭩𐭪𐭩 (-yky)

    Psalter Pahlavi script: [Psalter Pahlavi needed] (-yk')

    • Classical Persian: ـیک (-īk), ـی (-i)