How to make -ичк form with мяч?

Question

I was wondering how to use the -ичк on the English word for 'ball(-y)' (cutesy form). Is it мячк?

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

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It's мячик, with -ик suffix.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

Community

answered Jan 18 '17 at 16:26

Andrew

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 07 '17 at 18:32

Actually I would argue that the masculine analogue of the -ичк suffix is -ишк, not -чик.

Thus:

мужик — мужичишка

заяц — зайчишка

холм — холмишко

сыч — сычишко

мяч — мячишко.

Symmetrically, the feminine form of -ик is -иц:

вода — водица

кобыла — кобылица

небыль — небылица

etc.

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