-ák
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak" and -iak
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ák m anim or m inan (noun-forming suffix)
- grader (noun suffix denoting a grade)
- from nouns forms nouns that indicate the referent is characterized by or relating to the base noun
- from adjectives forms nouns that indicate the referent has the property denoted by the base adjective
Declension edit
inanimate declension:
animate declension:
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
suffix
Further reading edit
- -ák in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-akъ.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ák m
- an agentive suffix
- forms the name of the bearer of a property from an adjective
- forms a demonym, mainly in case of regions and nations
- an expressive, depreciative suffix
- an archaic suffix to create augmentative or depreciative forms of given names
- a fictive suffix to adapt male forms of some borrowings
Declension edit
- Declension in case of an inanimate noun according to the declension pattern dub:
Declension of -ák
- Declension in case of an animate noun according to the declension pattern chlap:
Declension of -ák
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- -iak (“alternative form of -ák after roots in a (historically) soft or palatalizeable consonant”)
- -áčka ~ -iačka
- -čiak ~ -čák
- -niak
Further reading edit
- Pauliny, Eugen - Ružička, Jozef - Štolc, Jozef (1968), Slovenská gramatika (in Slovak), 5th edition, Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, pages 145-152
- -ák in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk