English Explanatory Dictionary

-ski

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Added to a word, name, or phrase to invoke Russianness, Polishness, or a more general Slavicness.

Word forms

-ski -sky

Etymology

From Russian -ский (-skij, adjectival suffix), perhaps influenced by Russki or other -ski-terminated terms such as Russian surnames. Doublet of -ish and -esque.

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