-aĉ-
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Esperanto [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-aĉ-
- Used to denote substandard degree, lack of quality, or inferiority.
- Examples
Usage notes [edit]
Unlike most Esperanto suffixes, -aĉ- does not have an inherent part of speech, but rather inherits the part of speech of the stem to which it is suffixed.
Derived terms [edit]
- aĉ!: oh no!, ugh!, yuck!
- aĉa: awful, horrible, rotten, terrible
- aĉodora: malodorous, smelly, stinking, stinky
- aĉodori: to smell (bad); to stink
- aĉodoro: stench
- aĉe: poorly, terribly
- aĉjaro: horrible year
- aĉulo: wretch
- finaĉi: to end badly
- herbaĉo: weed
- idaĉo: black sheep (of a family)
- iraĉi: to go badly;
- kantaĉi: to sing badly
- komencaĉi: to start badly; to start off on the wrong foot
- knabaĉo, knabinaĉo : brat
- kriaĉi: to screech
- kritikaĉi: to carp, to whine
- paroladaĉo: screed
- vestaĉo: rag (clothing)
Antonyms [edit]
-el- (not official)
