-еский

Russian Etymology ru cu -ьскъ, from ru sla-pro *-ьskъ. ru of ru -ский. Pronunciation -еский Suffix ru suffix adjective-forming suffixes Used to form adjectives from nouns or sometimes other adjectives, often relational (meaning "related to X"); a variant of ru -ский: -ian, -ic, -ish ru уча́стник participant уча́стнический participant relational ru комме́рция commerce комме́рческий commercial ru враг enemy вра́жеский enemy, hostile ru мона́х monk мона́шеский monastic ru това́рищ comrade, friend това́рищеский friendly ru князь prince; duke кня́жеский princely, prince's; duke's Usage notes Usually occurs after stems historically ending in velar consonants (synchronically in /к/, /г/, /х/, /ц/, /з/). Triggers the first Slavic palatalisation. The adverb is ru -ески. The longer suffixes ru -ческий and ru -и́ческий were generalized through rebracketing of nouns with roots ending in ru к and ru ик respectively. Declension -еский Derived terms ru Related terms ru -ески ru -ский ru -ческий ru -и́ческий