"-ець" meaning in Ukrainian

See -ець in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Slavic *-ьcь. Etymology templates: {{inh|uk|sla-pro|*-ьcь}} Proto-Slavic *-ьcь Head templates: {{head|uk|suffix|feminine|-иця|or|-ка|or|-енка|variant|-єць|g=m}} -ець • (-ecʹ) m (feminine -иця or -ка or -енка, variant -єць) Inflection templates: {{uk-ndecl|-́ець<*>}} Forms: -ecʹ [romanization], -иця [feminine], -ка [feminine], -енка [feminine], -єць [variant], no-table-tags [table-tags], -́ець [nominative, singular], -ці́ [nominative, plural], -ця́ [genitive, singular], -ці́в [genitive, plural], -це́ві [dative, singular], -цю́ [dative, singular], -ця́м [dative, plural], -́ець [accusative, singular], -ці́ [accusative, plural], -це́м [instrumental, singular], -ця́ми [instrumental, plural], -цю́ [locative, singular], -ці́ [locative, singular], -ця́х [locative, plural], -цю́ [singular, vocative], -ці́ [plural, vocative]
  1. Suffix appended to verbs to create a masculine noun denoting someone or something that performs the action denoted by the verb. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ець-uk-suffix-yyktWP8L Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header, Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a, Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 32 32 14 6 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 12 4 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 33 13 3 19 Disambiguation of Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header: 27 31 18 8 15 Disambiguation of Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a: 29 31 20 10 10 Disambiguation of Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem: 29 31 21 9 9
  2. Suffix appended to adjectives to create a masculine noun denoting a person having the adjective's quality. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ець-uk-suffix-UzEJ6lMR Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header, Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a, Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 32 32 14 6 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 12 4 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 33 13 3 19 Disambiguation of Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header: 27 31 18 8 15 Disambiguation of Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a: 29 31 20 10 10 Disambiguation of Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem: 29 31 21 9 9
  3. Diminutive suffix. (Sometimes carrying a derogatory connotation.) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ець-uk-suffix-RS7Wfmux Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header, Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a, Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 32 32 14 6 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 12 4 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 33 13 3 19 Disambiguation of Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header: 27 31 18 8 15 Disambiguation of Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a: 29 31 20 10 10 Disambiguation of Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem: 29 31 21 9 9

Suffix

Forms: -ecʹ [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Slavic *-ьcь. Etymology templates: {{inh|uk|sla-pro|*-ьcь}} Proto-Slavic *-ьcь Head templates: {{head|uk|suffix form|g=n-p|head=-ець}} -ець • (-ecʹ) n pl
  1. genitive plural of -це (-ce) Tags: form-of, genitive, morpheme, plural Form of: -це (extra: -ce)
    Sense id: en--ець-uk-suffix-01Gy5NeQ
  2. genitive plural of -ця (-cja) Tags: form-of, genitive, morpheme, plural Form of: -ця (extra: -cja)
    Sense id: en--ець-uk-suffix-FPcrKWKN Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 32 32 14 6 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 12 4 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 33 13 3 19 Disambiguation of Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header: 27 31 18 8 15

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*-ьcь"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *-ьcь",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Slavic *-ьcь.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ecʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-иця",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ка",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-енка",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-єць",
      "tags": [
        "variant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uk-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́ець",
      "roman": "-́ecʹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ці́",
      "roman": "-cí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ця́",
      "roman": "-cjá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ці́в",
      "roman": "-cív",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-це́ві",
      "roman": "-cévi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-цю́",
      "roman": "-cjú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ця́м",
      "roman": "-cjám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́ець",
      "roman": "-́ecʹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ці́",
      "roman": "-cí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-це́м",
      "roman": "-cém",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ця́ми",
      "roman": "-cjámy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-цю́",
      "roman": "-cjú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ці́",
      "roman": "-cí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ця́х",
      "roman": "-cjáx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-цю́",
      "roman": "-cjú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ці́",
      "roman": "-cí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "10": "-єць",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "-иця",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "-ка",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "-енка",
        "9": "variant",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-ець • (-ecʹ) m (feminine -иця or -ка or -енка, variant -єць)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-́ець<*>"
      },
      "name": "uk-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 14 6 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 12 4 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 33 13 3 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 31 18 8 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 31 20 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 31 21 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "грець (hrecʹ), ссавець (ssavecʹ), валець (valecʹ)"
        }
      ],
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        "Suffix appended to verbs to create a masculine noun denoting someone or something that performs the action denoted by the verb."
      ],
      "id": "en--ець-uk-suffix-yyktWP8L",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "32 32 14 6 15",
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          "name": "Pages using catfix",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 12 4 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 33 13 3 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 31 18 8 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 31 20 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 31 21 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "іноземець (inozemecʹ), іноходець (inoxodecʹ), хлопець (xlopecʹ), червець (červecʹ)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix appended to adjectives to create a masculine noun denoting a person having the adjective's quality."
      ],
      "id": "en--ець-uk-suffix-UzEJ6lMR",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 14 6 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 12 4 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 33 13 3 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 31 18 8 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 31 20 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 31 21 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "людці (ljudci)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Diminutive suffix. (Sometimes carrying a derogatory connotation.)"
      ],
      "id": "en--ець-uk-suffix-RS7Wfmux",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ець"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*-ьcь"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *-ьcь",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Slavic *-ьcь.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ecʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "suffix form",
        "g": "n-p",
        "head": "-ець"
      },
      "expansion": "-ець • (-ecʹ) n pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "-ce",
          "word": "-це"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive plural of -це (-ce)"
      ],
      "id": "en--ець-uk-suffix-01Gy5NeQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "-це",
          "-це#Ukrainian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "morpheme",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 14 6 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 12 4 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 33 13 3 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 31 18 8 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "-cja",
          "word": "-ця"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive plural of -ця (-cja)"
      ],
      "id": "en--ець-uk-suffix-FPcrKWKN",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ця",
          "-ця#Ukrainian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "morpheme",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ець"
}
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ukrainian lemmas",
    "Ukrainian masculine suffixes",
    "Ukrainian non-lemma forms",
    "Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a",
    "Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem",
    "Ukrainian soft masculine-form accent-a nouns",
    "Ukrainian soft masculine-form nouns",
    "Ukrainian suffix forms",
    "Ukrainian suffixes",
    "Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Ukrainian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Ukrainian terms with redundant head parameter"
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ecʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-иця",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ка",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-енка",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-єць",
      "tags": [
        "variant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uk-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́ець",
      "roman": "-́ecʹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ці́",
      "roman": "-cí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ця́",
      "roman": "-cjá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ці́в",
      "roman": "-cív",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-це́ві",
      "roman": "-cévi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-цю́",
      "roman": "-cjú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ця́м",
      "roman": "-cjám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-́ець",
      "roman": "-́ecʹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ці́",
      "roman": "-cí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-це́м",
      "roman": "-cém",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ця́ми",
      "roman": "-cjámy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-цю́",
      "roman": "-cjú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ці́",
      "roman": "-cí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ця́х",
      "roman": "-cjáx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-цю́",
      "roman": "-cjú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ці́",
      "roman": "-cí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "10": "-єць",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "-иця",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "-ка",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "-енка",
        "9": "variant",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-ець • (-ecʹ) m (feminine -иця or -ка or -енка, variant -єць)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-́ець<*>"
      },
      "name": "uk-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "грець (hrecʹ), ссавець (ssavecʹ), валець (valecʹ)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix appended to verbs to create a masculine noun denoting someone or something that performs the action denoted by the verb."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "іноземець (inozemecʹ), іноходець (inoxodecʹ), хлопець (xlopecʹ), червець (červecʹ)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix appended to adjectives to create a masculine noun denoting a person having the adjective's quality."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "людці (ljudci)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Diminutive suffix. (Sometimes carrying a derogatory connotation.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ець"
}

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    "Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a",
    "Ukrainian nouns with reducible stem",
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    "Ukrainian soft masculine-form nouns",
    "Ukrainian suffix forms",
    "Ukrainian suffixes",
    "Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Ukrainian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Ukrainian terms with redundant head parameter"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*-ьcь"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *-ьcь",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Slavic *-ьcь.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ecʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "suffix form",
        "g": "n-p",
        "head": "-ець"
      },
      "expansion": "-ець • (-ecʹ) n pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "-ce",
          "word": "-це"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive plural of -це (-ce)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-це",
          "-це#Ukrainian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "morpheme",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "-cja",
          "word": "-ця"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive plural of -ця (-cja)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ця",
          "-ця#Ukrainian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "morpheme",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ець"
}

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