-iak
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak"
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-akъ after a nominal in *-ь or a verb with soft (front) final root vowel.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-iak m
- alternative form of suffix -ák after roots in a (historically) soft or palatalizeable consonant
Declension edit
- Declension in case of an inanimate noun according to the declension pattern dub:
Declension of -iak
- Declension in case of an animate noun according to the declension pattern chlap:
Declension of -iak
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- Pauliny, Eugen - Ružička, Jozef - Štolc, Jozef (1968), Slovenská gramatika (in Slovak), 5th edition, Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, pages 145-152
- -iak in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk