Meaning of -ec | Babel Free

Definitions

1. appended to nouns to form an agent noun; used only on composite nouns expressing fields of knowledge
   masculine, morpheme
2. appended to a country name root to form a demonym; used generally on country names which have roots ending with -j, -l, -m, -n, -r, -v; the root is formed by dropping the -ia or -sko suffix
   masculine, morpheme
3. appended to nouns to derive a specialized substantive, most often in terminology
   masculine, morpheme
4. appended to adjective to form a noun describing somebody or something having the specific quality
   masculine, morpheme
5. appended to a verb to form an agent noun
   masculine, morpheme

Examples

“dejepisec (“historian”), from dejepis (“history”) + -ec”

“Portugalec (“a man from Portugal”), from Portugalsko (“Portugal”) + -ec”

“vzorec (“formula”), from vzor (“model”) + -ec”

“zbabelec (“coward”), from zbabelý (“faint-hearted”) + -ec”

“plavec (“swimmer”), from plávať (“to swim”) + -ec”

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