-ač

See also: -áč and Appendix:Variations of "ac"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech -ač, from Proto-Slavic *-ačь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ at͡ʃ]

Suffix

-ač m anim or m inan (noun-forming suffix)

  1. a suffix used to form agent nouns, similar to -er and -or

Declension

animate:

inanimate:

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • -ač in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ačь.

Suffix

-ač

  1. a suffix used to form agent nouns, similar to -er and -or

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-āč m anim or m inan (Cyrillic spelling -а̄ч, noun-forming suffix)

  1. suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer, tool or object; -er
    potròšiti (to consume, to use) + ‎-ač → ‎potròšač (consumer)
    jȁhati (to ride horseback) + ‎-ač → ‎jàhāč (horseman, cavalryman)
    bȕka (noise) + ‎-ač → ‎bùkāč (angry noisemaker, person who shouts in anger)
    zamrzívati (freeze) + ‎-ač → ‎zamrzìvāč (freezer (device))

Derived terms