-ець
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *-ьcь.
Suffix
[edit]-ець • (-ecʹ) m (feminine -иця or -ка or -енка)
- Suffix appended to verbs to create a masculine noun denoting someone or something that performs the action denoted by the verb.
- Suffix appended to adjectives to create a masculine noun denoting a person having the adjective's quality.
- Diminutive suffix. (Sometimes carrying a derogatory connotation.)
- людці (ljudci)
Declension
[edit]Declension of -́ець (inan soft masc-form accent-a reduc)
Derived terms
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ець • (-ecʹ) n pl
Categories:
- Ukrainian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Ukrainian lemmas
- Ukrainian suffixes
- Ukrainian masculine suffixes
- Ukrainian soft masculine-form nouns
- Ukrainian soft masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a
- Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem
- Ukrainian non-lemma forms
- Ukrainian suffix forms