-iak

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Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-akъ after a nominal in *-ь or a verb with soft (front) final root vowel.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-iak m

  1. alternative form of suffix -ák after roots in a (historically) soft or palatalizeable consonant
    divieť + ‎-iak → ‎diviak
    peší + ‎-iak → ‎pešiak
    tretí + ‎-iak → ‎tretiak
    nákladné auto + ‎-iak → ‎nákladniak
    horný + ‎-iak → ‎horniak
    Poľsko + ‎-iak → ‎Poliak
    sušiť + ‎-iak → ‎sušiak
    čmeľ + ‎-iak → ‎čmeliak
    Beňo + ‎-iak → ‎Beniak

Declension

  • Declension in case of an inanimate noun according to the declension pattern dub:
  • Declension in case of an animate noun according to the declension pattern chlap:

Further reading

  • Pauliny, Eugen - Ružička, Jozef - Štolc, Jozef (1968), Slovenská gramatika (in Slovak), 5th edition, Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, pages 145-152
  • -iak in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk