-ческий

Russian

Etymology

Extended form of -еский (-eskij), probably extracted by rebracketing from cases where this suffix was added to nouns ending in к (k), which was then palatalized to ч (č) in the Slavic first palatalization.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪskʲɪj]

Suffix

-ческий • (-českij)

  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns or sometimes other adjectives, often relational (meaning "related to X").
    ‎наслажде́ние (naslaždénije, “enjoyment”) + ‎-ческий (-českij) → ‎наслажде́нческий (naslaždénčeskij, “(relational) enjoyment”)
    ‎ста́рый (stáryj, “old”) + ‎-ческий (-českij) → ‎ста́рческий (stárčeskij, “senile; (relational) old age”)

Declension

Derived terms

  • -чески (-česki) (corresponding adverbial suffix)
Russian terms suffixed with -ческий
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