-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)
- (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) → сестри́чка (sestríčka, “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
Declension of -и́чка (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -и́чка -íčka |
-и́чки -íčki |
| genitive | -и́чки -íčki |
-и́чек -íček |
| dative | -и́чке -íčke |
-и́чкам -íčkam |
| accusative animate inanimate |
-и́чку -íčku |
-и́чек -íček |
| -и́чки -íčki | ||
| instrumental | -и́чкой, -и́чкою -íčkoj, -íčkoju |
-и́чками -íčkami |
| prepositional | -и́чке -íčke |
-и́чках -íčkax |
Derived terms
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