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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-nikъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ník m anim or m inan (noun-forming suffix)
- nominal suffix
- právo + -ník → právník
- tráva + -ník → trávník
Declension
inanimate declension:
Declension of -ník (velar masculine inanimate)
animate declension:
Declension of -ník (velar masculine animate)
Derived terms
Further reading
author2=Milan Jelínek
author3=Břetislav Koudela Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Z knih, časopisů a novin, Naše řeč, volume 42 (1959), issue 9-10
- -ík/-ník in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-nikъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ník m pers or m inan (noun-forming suffix)
- nominal suffix
- právo + -ník → právník
- tráva + -ník → trávník
Declension
inanimate declension:
animate declension:
Declension of -ník (velar masculine animate)
Derived terms
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-nikъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ník m
- nominal suffix
- Synonym: -nik
Declension
Derived terms