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Czech
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ouš m anim (noun-forming suffix)
- suffix added to nouns to form terms for animals
- vlk (“wolf”) + -ouš → vlkouš (“wolffish”)
- voda (“water”) + -ouš → vodouš (“redshank”, a wading bird)
- (colloquial, expressive) a suffix forming agent nouns or nicknames, often colloquial or pejorative
- starý (“old”) + -ouš → starouš (“'old man', husband (in a wife's speech); friend, pal (endearing)”)
- teplý (“gay (informal)”) + -ouš → teplouš (“fairy (pejorative)”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- -ouš in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017