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Russian
Etymology
Probably from soft stem + -а́к (-ák)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-я́к • (-ják) m
- (added to adjectives) a being/thing with a given characteristic; often of a colloquial nature: -er
- Synonyms: -ец (-ec), -ок (-ok), -ак (-ak)
- све́тлый (svétlyj, “light”) + -я́к (-ják) → светля́к (svetlják, “glowworm”)
- бе́лый (bélyj, “white”) + -я́к (-ják) → беля́к (belják, “white hare”)
- холосто́й (xolostój, “unmarried”) + -я́к (-ják) → холостя́к (xolostják, “unmarried man”)
- до́брый (dóbryj, “good”) + -я́к (-ják) → добря́к (dobrják, “good-hearted man, kind soul”)
- о́стрый (óstryj, “sharp”) + -я́к (-ják) → остря́к (ostrják, “witty person, wit”)
- пусто́й (pustój, “empty, idle”) + -я́к (-ják) → пустя́к (pustják, “trifle”)
- suffix forming nouns of various meanings
- мышь (myšʹ, “mouse”) + -я́к (-ják) → мышья́к (myšʹják, “arsenic (from its use as a poison of mice)”)
- кость (kostʹ, “bone”) + -я́к (-ják) → костя́к (kostják, “skeleton”)
- (added to nouns) inhabitant or native
- Synonyms: -ец (-ec), -янин (-janin)
- земля́ (zemljá, “earth, land”) + -я́к (-ják) → земля́к (zemlják, “compatriot, countryman”)
- Пермь (Permʹ, “Perm”) + -я́к (-ják) → пермя́к (permják, “Permian”)
- Сиби́рь (Sibírʹ, “Siberia”) + -я́к (-ják) → сибиря́к (sibirják, “Siberian”)
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