Islandish has a scale of 2 diminutives and 2 augmentatives, which express the size of a noun. The so called II. augmentative and II. diminutive are used for nouns especially big and especially small. The suffixes to be used are shown in the following table.
| masculines | -ek | feminines | -ka, -ca | neuters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
II.aug | -un | -kun | -idica | -kidica/-čidica | -ihudló |
I.aug | -jják | -čák | -ica | -kica/-čica | -idló |
I.dim | -jjek | -jjkič | -jjka/-ka* | -kička/-čka | -ičkó |
II.dim | -jjiňek | -jjkiň | -jjilka | -kilka/-čilka | -iňkó |
* - is used mainly after unchangeable consonants. Very often, an è is added before the last consonant of the stem (eg. čárja - čárejka, gozba - gozepka, žirev - žirevka)
| lok | pocalek | devča | pučka |
|---|---|---|---|---|
II.aug | lokun | pocalkun | devčidica | pučkidica |
I.aug | ločák | pocalčák | devčica | pučkica |
I.dim | loček | pocalkič | devečka | pučkička |
II.dim | ločiňek | pocalkiň | devčilka | pučkilka |
| ščeň | vica | šálí | vrilkó |
|---|---|---|---|---|
II.aug | ščeňidica | vičidica | šálihudló | vrilkihudló |
I.aug | ščeňica | vičica | šálidló | vrilkidló |
I.dim | ščeňka | vička | šáličkó | vrilkičkó |
II.dim | ščeňilka | vičilka | šáliňkó | vrilkiňkó |