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From -ate +‎ -ic. Doublet of -age.

-atic

1. Alternative form of -tic

• -atec

From the older form -atec, from Latin -āticus. No longer a productive suffix in Romanian. Compare Aromanian -atic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.tik/

-atic m or n (feminine singular -atică, masculine plural -atici, feminine and neuter plural -atice)

1. (unproductive) Used to form some adjectives (and sometimes nouns derived from them) meaning "of", "like", "characteristic of", etc.

   ‎iarnă (“winter”) + ‎-atic → ‎iernatic (“of the winter, hibernal”)

   ‎toamnă (“autumn”) + ‎-atic → ‎tomnatic (“of the autumn, autumnal”)

   ‎zână (“fairy”) + ‎-atic → ‎zănatic (“crazy”)