-dlo

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-dlo, from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-dlo n (noun-forming suffix)

  1. a suffix used to form instrument nouns
    říkat + ‎-dlo → ‎říkadlo
    stavit + ‎-dlo → ‎stavidlo
    zlobit + ‎-dlo → ‎zlobidlo

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • -dlo in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017