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-iškas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos; cognate with Latvian -isks, Samogitian -ėšks, and also with Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ and Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (English -ish, German -isch, Swedish -isk, etc.).

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Suffix

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-iškas m (feminine -iška, neuter -iška, adverbial -iškai)

  1. A suffix that generally forms adjectives from nouns: -ish, -ic, -like, -ly

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