-ский

Russian Alternative forms ru -ско́й ru -йский -йско́й after a vowel ru -ьский -ьско́й after stems in ru -л ru -цкий -цко́й stems in ru -к and ru -ц Etymology ru adjectival :inh orv:-ьскъ<ety:inh<sla-pro:*-ьskъ>> + ru orv -ьскъ, from ru sla-pro *-ьskъ. Pronunciation -ский -ской ru obsolete Moscow norm; nearly extinct since the mid-20th century Suffix ru suffix adjective-forming suffixes Used to form adjectives from nouns or sometimes other adjectives, often relational (meaning "related to X"): -ian, -ic, -ish ru А́нглия England англи́йский English ru Русь Rus ру́сский Russian ru ара́б Arab ара́бский Arabic, Arabian, Arab ru изда́тель publisher изда́тельский publisher relational ru депута́т deputy депута́тский deputy relational ru зверь beast; brute зве́рский brutal, savage ru геро́й hero геро́йский heroic ru монго́л Mongol монго́льский Mongolian ьский Usage notes Historically triggered the first Slavic palatalisation, cf. ru гре́цкий, ru оне́жский, ru че́шский. However, in the modern literary language it has been replaced by the Church Slavonic variant ru -еский in most old formations. In modern formations, ru -ский after unmodified velars is used; e. g. ru ба́скский, ru стра́сбургский, ru каза́хский. Always triggers palatalisation for stems in ru -л. The adverb is ru -ски. Historically pronounced as an unstressed ru -ской and sometimes also spelled as such. In early modern poetry, such as in Alexander Pushkin Pushkin, rhyming of ru -ский with ru -ой can be found. This pronunciation became obsolete during the 20th century. Declension -ский Derived terms ru Related terms ru 0 -ски -еский -и́йский -евский,-е́вский,-ёвский -ческий,-и́ческий