-ичка

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈit͡ʃka]

Suffix

-ичка • (-ička) f

  1. Appended to (normally feminine) nouns to form a diminutive or as an expression of endearment.
    ‎жена f (žena) + ‎-ичка (-ička) → ‎женичка f (ženička)
    ‎сестра f (sestra) + ‎-ичка (-ička) → ‎сестричка f (sestrička)
    ‎вода f (voda) + ‎-ичка (-ička) → ‎водичка f (vodička)
    ‎коса f (kosa) + ‎-ичка (-ička) → ‎косичка f (kosička)

Derived terms

Macedonian terms suffixed with -ичка

Russian

Etymology

Originally a double diminutive, from -и́ца (-íca) + -ка (-ka). Compare води́чка (vodíčka) with synonymous води́ца (vodíca); части́чка (častíčka), diminutive of части́ца (častíca, “fraction, particle”), originally itself a diminutive of часть (častʹ, “part, piece”); пти́чка (ptíčka), diminutive of пти́ца (ptíca, “bird”), etymologically a diminutive; etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʲit͡ɕkə]

Suffix

-и́чка • (-íčka)

  1. (added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)
    ‎сестра́ (sestrá, “sister”) + ‎-и́чка (-íčka) → ‎сестри́чка (sestríčka, “little sister”)
    ‎вода́ (vodá, “water”) + ‎-и́чка (-íčka) → ‎води́чка (vodíčka, “(a bit of) water”)
    ‎коса́ (kosá, “plait, pigtail”) + ‎-и́чка (-íčka) → ‎коси́чка (kosíčka, “small plait, pigtail”)
    ‎вещь (veščʹ, “thing”) + ‎-и́чка (-íčka) → ‎вещи́чка (veščíčka, “small thing”)
    ‎быль (bylʹ, “true story”) + ‎-и́чка (-íčka) → ‎были́чка (bylíčka, “dirty but true anecdote”)

Declension

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ичка
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