-իկ

From Middle Armenian -իկ (-ik).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ik/, [ik]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /iɡ/, [iɡ]

-իկ • (-ik)

1. forming diminutives or terms expressing affection

   մայրիկ ― mayrik ― mommy

   շնիկ ― šnik ― doggy

   գնդիկ ― gndik ― little ball

• (diminutive): -ուկ (-uk), -ակ (-ak)

From Old Armenian -իկ (-ik).

-իկ • (-ik)

1. forming diminutives

• Armenian: -իկ (-ik)

From earlier *-իկն (*-ikn), from the stem element *-ī̆- + Proto-Indo-European *-kon- suffix. Compare the n-type declension of words with this suffix. Possibly contaminated with -իկ (-ik) of Iranian origin (see Etymology 2). See also -ուկ (-uk).

-իկ • (-ik)

1. forming diminutives

   շուն ― šun ― dog

   շնիկ ― šnik ― doggy

• Middle Armenian: -իկ (-ik)

From Iranian *-īk (*-ya-ka).

-իկ • (-ik)

1. forming agent nouns and adjectives

   մարտ ― mart ― fight

   մարտիկ ― martik ― fighter

   ոստանիկ ― ostanik ― a free inhabitant of ոստան (ostan)

   մարզիկ ― marzik ― athlete

   տոհմիկ ― tohmik ― noble

   սպասիկ ― spasik ― servant

   այժմիկ ― ayžmik ― now, at present

   դրանիկ ― dranik ― courtier

2. forming names of nations

   հնդիկ ― hndik ― Indian

   պարսիկ ― parsik ― Persian

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-իկ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48