-teľ

See also: -tel and Appendix:Variations of "tel"

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-teľь. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic -тєль (-telĭ), Serbo-Croatian -telj/-тељ, Russian -тель (-telʹ) and Czech -tel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɛʎ/

Suffix

-teľ

1. -er (a suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer of an action or a human relation)

Derived terms

Slovak terms suffixed with -teľ