-ский

Etymology
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Pronunciation

 * (obsolete Moscow norm; nearly extinct since the mid-20th century)
 * (obsolete Moscow norm; nearly extinct since the mid-20th century)

Suffix

 * : -ian, -ic, -ish

Usage notes

 * Historically triggered the first Slavic palatalisation, cf., , . However, in the modern literary language it has been replaced by the Church Slavonic variant in most old formations. In modern formations, -ский after unmodified velars is used, e. g. , ,.
 * Always triggers palatalisation for stems in /л/.
 * The adverb is.
 * Historically pronounced as an unstressed and sometimes also spelled as such. In early modern poetry, such as in Pushkin, rhyming of  with -ой can be found. This pronunciation became obsolete during the 20th century.