-це

See also: цэ and Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɛ]

Suffix

-це • (-ce) n

1. Appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually to form a diminutive or as an expression of endearment.

   ‎грло (grlo) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎грлце (grlce)

   ‎масло (maslo) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎масолце (masolce)

   ‎млеко (mleko) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎млекце (mlekce)

   ‎село (selo) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎селце (selce)

Derived terms

Macedonian terms suffixed with -це

See also

• -ца (-ca)

Moksha

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mordvinic *-ćə. Akin to Erzya -це (-će). Possibly further related to Komi-Permyak -дз (-dź, ordinal suffix), from Proto-Uralic *-ć, or borrowed from Proto-Turkic *-nč.

According to an alternative hypothesis, derived from the demonstrative pronoun *śe (“that”); compare -се (-śe) in archaic Erzya васенсе (vaśeńśe).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tsʲæ/

Suffix

-це • (-će)

1. ordinal suffix
   • B. V. Vśesvätskij, Botańika: SREDNAJ ŠKOLANDI TONAFNEMA KNIGA, 1933

     VIII-це ПРЯКССЬ.

     VIII -će PRAKSS.

     Chapter 8 (lit. "8th")

Inflection

Indefinite declension of -це

	singular	plural
nominative	-це (-će)	-цет (-ćet)
genitive	-цень (-ćeń)	—
dative	-ценди (-ćeńďi)	—
ablative	-цеда (-ćeda)	—
inessive	-цеса (-ćesa)	—
elative	-цеста (-ćesta)	—
illative	-цес (-ćes)	—
prolative	-цева (-ćeva)	—
comparative	-цешка (-ćeška)	—
translative	-цекс (-ćeks)	—
abessive	-цефтома (-ćeftoma)	—
causative	-ценкса (-ćenksa)	—

Definite declension of -це

	singular	plural
nominative	-цесь (-ćeś)	-цетне (-ćeťńe)
genitive	-цеть (-ćeť)	-цетнень (-ćeťńeń)
dative	-цети (-ćeťi)	-цетненди (-ćeťńeńďi)

Definite present conjugation of -це

person	singular	person	plural
мон (mon)	-цесян (-ćeśan)	минь (miń)	-цетнетама (-ćeťńetama)
тон (ton)	-цесят (-ćeśat)	тинь (ťiń)	-цетнетада (-ćeťńetada)
сон (son)	-цесь (-ćeś)	синь (śiń)	-цетне (-ćeťńe)

Derived terms

Moksha terms suffixed with -це

Etymology 2

Fusion of -т (-t, possessive suffix) and ся (śa, “that”).

Suffix

-це • (-će)

2. 2nd person singular possessive suffix in nominative, genitive and dative with one possession
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN

     кудце — кудцень — кудценди

     kud će — kud će ń — kud će ńďi

     your house — of your house — to/for your house

Derived terms

Moksha terms suffixed with -це (possessive)

See also

• -т (-t) (the possessive suffix elsewhere in the paradigm, the expected Uralic form)

Russian

Alternative forms

• -цо́ (-có) — when stressed

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sə]

Suffix

-це • (-ce)

1. -y, -ling forming diminutive nouns

   ‎де́рево (dérevo, “tree”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎де́ревце (dérevce, “sapling, little tree”)

   ‎копы́то (kopýto, “hoof”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎копы́тце (kopýtce, “small hoof”)

   ‎волокно́ (voloknó, “fiber, filament”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎волоко́нце (volokónce, “small fiber, small filament”)

   ‎де́ло (délo, “affair, matter”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎де́льце (délʹce, “small matter, small affair”)

Declension

Declension of -це (inan neut-form ц-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-це -ce	-ца -ca
genitive	-ца -ca	-ец -ec
dative	-цу -cu	-цам -cam
accusative	-це -ce	-ца -ca
instrumental	-цем -cem	-цами -cami
prepositional	-це -ce	-цах -cax

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -це

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.

Suffix

-це (Latin spelling -ce)

1. Appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually to form a diminutive or as an expression of endearment, or to denote an object.

See also

• -ance
• -ence