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-икъ
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Old Church Slavonic
Alternative forms
cu -ⰻⰽⱏ Glagolitic
Etymology
From cu sla-pro *-ikъ.
Suffix
cu suffix m noun-forming suffixes
-er, -or; Deadjectival nominalizing suffix used chiefly to create a masculine agent noun from adjectives in -ин- and passive participles in -ен-.
cu грѣшьнъ sinful + cu -икъ → cu грѣшьникъ sinner
Isolated example is cu златикъ gold coin, which has the suffix appended directly to the root cu злато gold, and has diminutive (or singulative) meaning.
Declension
-и к
Derived terms
cu
Related terms
cu -ьникъ
cu -тель
cu -арь
cu noun-forming suffixes