-ець

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Ukrainian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *-ьcь.

Suffix

-ець (-ecʹm (feminine -иця or -ка or -енка, variant -єць)

  1. Suffix appended to verbs to create a masculine noun denoting someone or something that performs the action denoted by the verb.
    грець (hrecʹ), ссавець (ssavecʹ), валець (valecʹ)
  2. Suffix appended to adjectives to create a masculine noun denoting a person having the adjective's quality.
    іноземець (inozemecʹ), іноходець (inoxodecʹ), хлопець (xlopecʹ), червець (červecʹ)
  3. Diminutive suffix. (Sometimes carrying a derogatory connotation.)
    людці (ljudci)
Declension
Declension of -́ець
(inan soft masc-form accent-a reduc)
singular plural
nominative -́ець
-́ecʹ
-ці́
-cí
genitive -ця́
-cjá
-ці́в
-cív
dative -це́ві, -цю́
-cévi, -cjú
-ця́м
-cjám
accusative -́ець
-́ecʹ
-ці́
-cí
instrumental -це́м
-cém
-ця́ми
-cjámy
locative -цю́, -ці́
-cjú, -cí
-ця́х
-cjáx
vocative -цю́
-cjú
-ці́
-cí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix

-ець (-ecʹn

  1. genitive plural of -це (-ce)
  2. genitive plural of -ця (-cja)