-ctvo

Czech

Etymology

Modification of -stvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ t͡stvo]
• Rhymes: -atstvo, -ɛtstvo, -ɪtstvo

Suffix

-ctvo n (noun-forming suffix)

1. forms nouns referring to collections of people or animals

   ‎služebník + ‎-ctvo → ‎služebnictvo

   ‎pták + ‎-ctvo → ‎ptactvo

Declension

Declension of -ctvo (hard neuter reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ctvo	-ctva
genitive	-ctva	-ctev
dative	-ctvu	-ctvům
accusative	-ctvo	-ctva
vocative	-ctvo	-ctva
locative	-ctvu	-ctvech
instrumental	-ctvem	-ctvy

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -ctvo

See also

• -ctví

Further reading

• -stvo/-(c)tvo in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017