"-енець" meaning in Ukrainian

See -енець in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós Proto-Slavic *-ěnъ Ukrainian -ен (-en) Proto-Indo-European *-ikosder. Proto-Slavic *-ьcь Ukrainian -ець (-ecʹ) Ukrainian -енець (-enecʹ) Rebracketing of -ець (-ecʹ). Etymology templates: {{etymon|uk|:af|uk:-ен<id:short>|uk:-ець<id:nominal>|id=nominal|pos=suffix|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós Proto-Slavic *-ěnъ Ukrainian -ен (-en) Proto-Indo-European *-ikosder. Proto-Slavic *-ьcь Ukrainian -ець (-ecʹ) Ukrainian -енець (-enecʹ), {{rebracketing|uk|-ець}} Rebracketing of -ець (-ecʹ) Head templates: {{head|uk|suffix|feminine|-енка|masculine|-янець|or|-анин|or|-чанин|or|-инець|or|-анець|or|-янець|g=m-pr}} -енець • (-enecʹ) m pers (feminine -енка, masculine -янець or -анин or -чанин or -инець or -анець or -янець) Inflection templates: {{uk-ndecl|-́енець<pr.*>}} Forms: -enecʹ [romanization], -енка [feminine], -янець [masculine], -анин [masculine], -чанин [masculine], -инець [masculine], -анець [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], -́енець [nominative, singular], -́енці [nominative, plural], -́енця [genitive, singular], -́енців [genitive, plural], -́енцеві [dative, singular], -́енцю [dative, singular], -́енцям [dative, plural], -́енця [accusative, singular], -́енців [accusative, plural], -́енцем [instrumental, singular], -́енцями [instrumental, plural], -́енцеві [locative, singular], -́енцю [locative, singular], -́енці [locative, singular], -́енцях [locative, plural], -́енцю [singular, vocative], -́енці [plural, vocative]
  1. Unproductive suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, denoting a part, profession, feature, membership, origin, social status, complexion, proper name, abstract noun or animal's name. Tags: masculine, morpheme, person

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "uk:-ен<id:short>",
        "4": "uk:-ець<id:nominal>",
        "id": "nominal",
        "pos": "suffix",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós\nProto-Slavic *-ěnъ\nUkrainian -ен (-en)\nProto-Indo-European *-ikosder.\nProto-Slavic *-ьcь\nUkrainian -ець (-ecʹ)\nUkrainian -енець (-enecʹ)",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "-ець"
      },
      "expansion": "Rebracketing of -ець (-ecʹ)",
      "name": "rebracketing"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós\nProto-Slavic *-ěnъ\nUkrainian -ен (-en)\nProto-Indo-European *-ikosder.\nProto-Slavic *-ьcь\nUkrainian -ець (-ecʹ)\nUkrainian -енець (-enecʹ)\nRebracketing of -ець (-ecʹ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-enecʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-енка",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-янець",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-анин",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-чанин",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-инець",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-анець",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uk-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енець",
      "roman": "-́enecʹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енці",
      "roman": "-́enci",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енця",
      "roman": "-́encja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енців",
      "roman": "-́enciv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцеві",
      "roman": "-́encevi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцю",
      "roman": "-́encju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцям",
      "roman": "-́encjam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енця",
      "roman": "-́encja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енців",
      "roman": "-́enciv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцем",
      "roman": "-́encem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцями",
      "roman": "-́encjamy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцеві",
      "roman": "-́encevi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцю",
      "roman": "-́encju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енці",
      "roman": "-́enci",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцях",
      "roman": "-́encjax",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцю",
      "roman": "-́encju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енці",
      "roman": "-́enci",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "10": "-чанин",
        "11": "or",
        "12": "-инець",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "-анець",
        "15": "or",
        "16": "-янець",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "-енка",
        "5": "masculine",
        "6": "-янець",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "-анин",
        "9": "or",
        "g": "m-pr"
      },
      "expansion": "-енець • (-enecʹ) m pers (feminine -енка, masculine -янець or -анин or -чанин or -инець or -анець or -янець)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-́енець<pr.*>"
      },
      "name": "uk-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian rebracketings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ен",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ець",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Turkish levent (“handsome, infantryman, haydamak”) + -енець (-enecʹ) → (dated, historical) ле́ве́нець (lévénecʹ, “strong guy, guerilla warrior”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unproductive suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, denoting a part, profession, feature, membership, origin, social status, complexion, proper name, abstract noun or animal's name."
      ],
      "id": "en--енець-uk-suffix-2jN21fvb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme",
        "person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-енець"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "uk:-ен<id:short>",
        "4": "uk:-ець<id:nominal>",
        "id": "nominal",
        "pos": "suffix",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós\nProto-Slavic *-ěnъ\nUkrainian -ен (-en)\nProto-Indo-European *-ikosder.\nProto-Slavic *-ьcь\nUkrainian -ець (-ecʹ)\nUkrainian -енець (-enecʹ)",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "-ець"
      },
      "expansion": "Rebracketing of -ець (-ecʹ)",
      "name": "rebracketing"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós\nProto-Slavic *-ěnъ\nUkrainian -ен (-en)\nProto-Indo-European *-ikosder.\nProto-Slavic *-ьcь\nUkrainian -ець (-ecʹ)\nUkrainian -енець (-enecʹ)\nRebracketing of -ець (-ecʹ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-enecʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-енка",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-янець",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-анин",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-чанин",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-инець",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-анець",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uk-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енець",
      "roman": "-́enecʹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енці",
      "roman": "-́enci",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енця",
      "roman": "-́encja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енців",
      "roman": "-́enciv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцеві",
      "roman": "-́encevi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцю",
      "roman": "-́encju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцям",
      "roman": "-́encjam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енця",
      "roman": "-́encja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енців",
      "roman": "-́enciv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцем",
      "roman": "-́encem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцями",
      "roman": "-́encjamy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцеві",
      "roman": "-́encevi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцю",
      "roman": "-́encju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енці",
      "roman": "-́enci",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцях",
      "roman": "-́encjax",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енцю",
      "roman": "-́encju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́енці",
      "roman": "-́enci",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "10": "-чанин",
        "11": "or",
        "12": "-инець",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "-анець",
        "15": "or",
        "16": "-янець",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "-енка",
        "5": "masculine",
        "6": "-янець",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "-анин",
        "9": "or",
        "g": "m-pr"
      },
      "expansion": "-енець • (-enecʹ) m pers (feminine -енка, masculine -янець or -анин or -чанин or -инець or -анець or -янець)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-́енець<pr.*>"
      },
      "name": "uk-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Turkish links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Turkish links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Ukrainian entries with etymology trees",
        "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ukrainian lemmas",
        "Ukrainian masculine suffixes",
        "Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a",
        "Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem",
        "Ukrainian personal suffixes",
        "Ukrainian rebracketings",
        "Ukrainian soft masculine-form accent-a nouns",
        "Ukrainian soft masculine-form nouns",
        "Ukrainian suffixes",
        "Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
        "Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ен",
        "Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ець"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Turkish levent (“handsome, infantryman, haydamak”) + -енець (-enecʹ) → (dated, historical) ле́ве́нець (lévénecʹ, “strong guy, guerilla warrior”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unproductive suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, denoting a part, profession, feature, membership, origin, social status, complexion, proper name, abstract noun or animal's name."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme",
        "person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-енець"
}

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