-ike

See also: ike, Ike, and ʻike

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ikɛ]

Suffix

-ike

1. (diminutive suffix) Added to a noun to express smallness, youth, or endearment.

   őz (“roe deer”) → őzike (“fawn”)

Usage notes

• (diminutive suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -ika is added to back vowel words

  -ike is added to front vowel words

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ike

See also

• -ke
• -cske
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

• -ike in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English -iġ.

Suffix

-ike

1. Alternative form of -y

References

• “-i, (suf.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.
• “-i(e, (suf.2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.

Etymology 2

From Old French -ique.

Suffix

-ike

1. Alternative form of -ik