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Ukrainian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *-ьcь.
Suffix
-ець • (-ecʹ) m (feminine -иця or -ка or -енка, variant -єць)
- 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)
- 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)
- Diminutive suffix. (Sometimes carrying a derogatory connotation.)
- людці (ljudci)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix
-ець • (-ecʹ) n
- genitive plural of -це (-ce)
- genitive plural of -ця (-cja)