-єць

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьcь.

Suffix

-єць (-jecʹm (feminine -иця or -ка or -янка, variant -ець)

  1. Suffix appended to verbs to create a masculine noun denoting someone or something that performs the action denoted by the verb.
    грець (hrecʹ)
  2. Suffix appended to adjectives to create a masculine noun denoting a person having the adjective's quality.
    боєць (bojecʹ)

Declension

Declension of -́єць
(inan soft masc-form accent-a reduc)
singular plural
nominative -́єць
-́jecʹ
-йці́
-jcí
genitive -йця́
-jcjá
-йці́в
-jcív
dative -йце́ві, -йцю́
-jcévi, -jcjú
-йця́м
-jcjám
accusative -́єць
-́jecʹ
-йці́
-jcí
instrumental -йце́м
-jcém
-йця́ми
-jcjámy
locative -йцю́, -йці́
-jcjú, -jcí
-йця́х
-jcjáx
vocative -йцю́
-jcjú
-йці́
-jcí

Derived terms