-ич

See also: ич and ич’

Russian

Alternative forms
  • -ыч (-yč) – after a hard consonant

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic -ичь (-ičĭ), from Proto-Slavic *-iťь.

Suffix

-ич • (-ič) m (informal)

  1. A masculine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a soft (palatalized) consonant: son of
    ‎И́горь (Ígorʹ, “Igor”) + ‎-ич (-ič) → ‎И́горич (Ígorič, “son of Igor”)
    ‎Тимофе́й (Timoféj, “Timothy”) + ‎-ич (-ič) → ‎Тимофе́ич (Timoféič, “son of Timothy”)

Declension
Declension of -ич (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative -ич
-ič		 -ичи
-iči
genitive -ича
-iča		 -ичей
-ičej
dative -ичу
-iču		 -ичам
-ičam
accusative -ича
-iča		 -ичей
-ičej
instrumental -ичем
-ičem		 -ичами
-ičami
prepositional -иче
-iče		 -ичах
-ičax

Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -ич

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ич (Latin spelling -ič)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, used only for four nouns: бранич, гонич, рибич and водич.
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