-ikus

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -icus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ikuʃ]

Suffix

-ikus

1. A distinguishable foreign word ending in nouns and adjectives. It is not considerable as an independent Hungarian suffix.

   botanikus (“botanist”)

   botanikus (“botanical”)

Derived terms

Hungarian terms suffixed with -ikus

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

• Attila Mártonfi: The System of the Hungarian Suffixes, Theses of PhD Dissertation, Budapest, 2006