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Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-це • (-ce) n
- 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
See also
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.[1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tsʲæ/
Suffix
-це • (-će)
- ordinal suffix
- B. V. Vśesvätskij, Botańika: SŔEDŃAJ ŠKOLANĎI TONAFŃEMA KŃIGA, 1933
VIII-це ПРЯКССЬ.- VIII -će PŔAKSS.
- Chapter 8 (lit. "8th")
Inflection
Indefinite declension of -це
Definite declension of -це
Definite present conjugation of -це
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Fusion of -т (-t, possessive suffix) and ся (śa, “that”).[2]
Suffix
-це • (-će)
- 2nd person singular possessive suffix in nominative, genitive and dative with one possession
- O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
кудце — кудцень — кудценди- kud će — kud će ń — kud će nďi
- your house — of your house — to/for your house
Derived terms
See also
- -т (-t) (the possessive suffix elsewhere in the paradigm, the expected Uralic form)
References
- ^ Bartens, Raija. 1999. Mordvalaiskielten rakenne ja kehitys. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 232. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
- ^ Serebrennikov, B. A. (1967) Istoričeskaja morfologija mordovskix jazykov [Historical morphology of the Mordvinic languages] (in Russian), Moskva, page 55
Russian
- -цо́ (-có) — when stressed
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-це • (-ce)
- -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
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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-це -ce
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-ца -ca
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genitive
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-ца -ca
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-ец -ec
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dative
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-цу -cu
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-цам -cam
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accusative
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-це -ce
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-ца -ca
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instrumental
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-цем -cem
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-цами -cami
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prepositional
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-це -ce
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-цах -cax
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Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.
Suffix
-це (Latin spelling -ce)
- 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