-ouš

See also: ous and -ous

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ou̯ʃ]

Suffix

-ouš m anim (noun-forming suffix)

1. suffix added to nouns to form terms for animals

   ‎vlk (“wolf”) + ‎-ouš → ‎vlkouš (“wolffish”)

   ‎voda (“water”) + ‎-ouš → ‎vodouš (“redshank”, a wading bird)

2. (colloquial, expressive) a suffix forming agent nouns or nicknames, often colloquial or pejorative

   ‎starý (“old”) + ‎-ouš → ‎starouš (“'old man', husband (in a wife's speech); friend, pal (endearing)”)

   ‎teplý (“gay (informal)”) + ‎-ouš → ‎teplouš (“fairy (pejorative)”)

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -ouš

Further reading

• -ouš in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017