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Ukrainian
Etymology
From -ія (-ija) + -ець (-ecʹ). Extracted from nouns such as англі́єць, італі́єць, валлієць (anhlíjecʹ, italíjecʹ, vallijecʹ) by rebracketing. Compare Russian -и́ец (-íjec).
Suffix
-і́єць • (-íjecʹ) m (feminine -і́йка)
- Suffix forming masculine nouns meaning "person from or of X"; variant of -ець (-ecʹ): -an, -er, -ian, -man
- Буру́нді (Burúndi) + -ієць (-ijecʹ) → бурунді́єць (burundíjecʹ, “Burundian”)
- English Malagasy + -ієць (-ijecʹ) → малагасі́єць (malahasíjecʹ, “Malagasy”)
- Шрі-Ланка (Šri-Lanka) + -ієць (-ijecʹ) → шріланкі́єць (šrilankíjecʹ, “Sri Lankan”)
- Чи́лі (Čýli) + -ієць (-ijecʹ) → чилі́єць (čylíjecʹ, “Chilean”)
Usage notes
- This suffix is added onto some proper nouns that do not end in -ія (-ija).
Declension
Declension of -і́єць (pers soft masc-form accent-a reduc)
Derived terms