Meaning of -sky | Babel Free

Definitions

1. short variant of the adjective-forming suffix -ský; expresses a relationship of belonging
   morpheme
2. suffix used to form adverbs of manner from adjectives ending in -ský or -sky
   morpheme
3. suffix used to form relational adjectives (expressing belonging, affiliation, or origin) from nouns (persons, animals, things, or places)
   morpheme
4. suffix used to express a relationship of belonging in the narrow sense of the word; formed from personal possessive adjectives ending in -ov and -in
   morpheme
5. suffix used to form qualitative adjectives (often gradable) expressing a characteristic property
   morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“Trenčín (“Trenčín”) + -sky → trenčiansky (“Trenčín (relational)”)”

“Sýria (“Syria”) + -sky → sýrsky (“Syrian”)”

“kováč (“blacksmith”) + -sky → kováčsky (“blacksmith (relational)”)”

“bratský (“brotherly”) + -sky → bratsky (“in a brotherly manner”)”

“slovenský (“Slovak”) + -sky → slovensky (“in Slovak (language)”)”

“muž (“man”) + -ský → mužský (“masculine; male”)”

“kôň (“horse”) + -ský → konský (“equine”)”

“hory (“mountains”) + -ský → horský (“mountainous”)”

“mesto (“city”) + -ský → mestský (“urban”)”

“otcov (“father's”) + -ský → otcovský (“fatherly; paternal”)”

“kráľov (“king's”) + -ský → kráľovský (“royal”)”

“materin (“mother's”) + -ský → materinský (“motherly; maternal”)”

“priateľ (“friend”) + -ský → priateľský (“friendly”)”

“ľud (“people”) + -ský → ľudský (“humane; human”)”

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