-yk

• IPA^(key): /ɘk/

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• Rhymes: -ɘk
• Syllabification: -yk

From -ik, from Old Polish -ik.

-yk m

1. alternative form of -ik; forms nouns, often diminutive

   ‎rycerz (“knight”) + ‎-yk → ‎rycerzyk (“knight (diminutive)”)

   ‎nurzać (“to submerge; to plunge”) + ‎-yk → ‎nurzyk (“murre”)

From -ik, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) or Latin -icus.

-yk m

1. alternative form of -ik; -ic

   ‎artretyzm (“arthritis”) + ‎-yk → ‎artretyk (“arthritic”)

From the old nominative of Proto-Slavic *-y m (accusative *-enь) +‎ -k.

-yk m

1. forms masculine diminutives from words ending in -eń.

   ‎kamień + ‎-yk → ‎kamyk

   ‎grzebień + ‎-yk → ‎grzebyk

• “-yk”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)