-чатый

Russian

Etymology

Extracted by rebracketing of words such as хлопча́тый (xlopčátyj) (from хло́пок (xlópok) + -а́тый (-átyj)), where -ч- (< -к- with palatalisation) is part of the stem.

Pronunciation

• -чатый: IPA^(key):
• -ча́тый: IPA^(key):

Suffix

-чатый or -ча́тый • (-čatyj or -čátyj)

1. adjective-forming suffix, added to nouns, indicating having the characteristic of that noun; sometimes a relational adjective is formed instead

   ‎взрыв (vzryv, “explosion”) + ‎-чатый (-čatyj) → ‎взры́вчатый (vzrývčatyj, “explosive”)

   ‎узо́р (uzór, “pattern”) + ‎-чатый (-čatyj) → ‎узо́рчатый (uzórčatyj, “patterned”)

   ‎пила́ (pilá, “saw”) + ‎-чатый (-čatyj) → ‎пи́льчатый (pílʹčatyj, “serrated”)

   ‎бревно́ (brevnó, “log”) + ‎-чатый (-čatyj) → ‎бреве́нчатый (brevénčatyj, “timbered, made of logs”)

Usage notes

Note the following properties:

• The stress is usually drawn onto the preceding syllable.
• A preceding -л- is palatalized to -ль-; all other letters are depalatalized.
• Some preceding occurrences of -е- that gain the stress become -ё-, but others remain -е-, without apparent pattern.

Declension

Derived terms