Meaning of -ич | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Forms nomina agentis from verbs or adjectives.
   masculine, morpheme, rare
2. Forms masculine patronymic proper names from adjectival forms of personal names; originally denoting membership to a household
   masculine, morpheme, obsolete, rare
3. Forms diminutive nouns from nouns.
   masculine, morpheme, rare

Examples

“во́дя (vódja, “to lead”) + -ич (-ič) → води́ч (vodíč, “leader”) (dated, dialectal)”

“млад (mlad, “young”) + -ич (-ič) → мла́дич (mládič, “lad, youngster”) (dated, dialectal)”

“бог (bog, “God”) + -ич (-ič) → божи́ч (božíč, “God's son”) (dialectal)”

“Петров (Petrov) + -ич (-ič) → Петрович (Petrovič)”

“Иванов (Ivanov) + -ич (-ič) → Иванович (Ivanovič)”

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