-тель
Appearance
Old Church Slavonic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *-teľь.
Suffix
[edit]-тел҄ь • (-telʹĭ) m
- -er, -or; Deverbative nominalizing suffix used to create a masculine agent noun. Usually derived from infinitive (or "aorist") stem of verbs, rarely from root-class verbs, such as:
- дати (dati, “to give”) + -тел҄ь (-telʹĭ) → дател҄ь (datelʹĭ, “giver”)
- власти (vlasti, “to rule”) + -тел҄ь (-telʹĭ) → властел҄ь (vlastelʹĭ, “ruler”)
- Some nouns derive from infinitive stem in -а- or -ѣ-:
- дѣлати (dělati, “to do, work”) + -тел҄ь (-telʹĭ) → дѣлател҄ь (dělatelʹĭ, “worker”)
- съвѣдѣти (sŭvěděti, “to witness, testify”) + -тел҄ь (-telʹĭ) → лъжесъвѣдѣтел҄ь (lŭžesŭvědětelʹĭ, “false witness”)
- The most common are the nouns with infinitive in -и-:
- гонити (goniti, “to persecute”) + -тел҄ь (-telʹĭ) → гонител҄ь (gonitelʹĭ, “persecutor”)
- гоубити (gubiti, “to destroy”) + -тел҄ь (-telʹĭ) → гоубител҄ь (gubitelʹĭ, “destroyer”)
Derived terms
[edit]- благодѣтель (blagodětelĭ)
- лъжесъвѣдѣтель (lŭžesŭvědětelĭ)
- приꙗтель (prijatelĭ)
- шарописатель (šaropisatelĭ)
Related terms
[edit]Pannonian Rusyn
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Slovak -teľ, from Proto-Slavic *-teľь. Deviation from expected *-цель (*-celʹ) likely due to influence from Carpathian Rusyn -тель (-telʹ) and/or Serbo-Croatian -тељ / -telj.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-тель (-telʹ) m (feminine equivalent -телька)
- (productive) -er, -or; forms masculine agent nouns
- Synonym: -ач (-ač)
- хасновац (xasnovac, “to use”) + -тель (-telʹ) → хаснователь (xasnovatelʹ, “user”)
Declension
[edit]Inanimate:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -тель (-telʹ) | -телє (-telje) |
| genitive | -теля (-telja) | -тельох (-telʹox) |
| dative | -телю (-telju) | -тельом (-telʹom) |
| accusative | -тель (-telʹ) | -телє (-telje) |
| instrumental | -тельом (-telʹom) | -телями (-teljami) |
| locative | -телю (-telju) | -тельох (-telʹox) |
| vocative | -телю (-telju) | -телє (-telje) |
Animate:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -тель (-telʹ) | -телє (-telje) |
| genitive | -теля (-telja) | -тельох (-telʹox) |
| dative | -тельови (-telʹovi) | -тельом (-telʹom) |
| accusative | -теля (-telja) | -телє (-telje) |
| instrumental | -тельом (-telʹom) | -телями (-teljami) |
| locative | -тельови (-telʹovi) | -тельох (-telʹox) |
| vocative | -телю (-telju) | -телє (-telje) |
Personal:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -тель (-telʹ) | -телє (-telje) |
| genitive | -теля (-telja) | -тельох (-telʹox) |
| dative | -тельови (-telʹovi) | -тельом (-telʹom) |
| accusative | -теля (-telja) | -тельох (-telʹox) |
| instrumental | -тельом (-telʹom) | -телями (-teljami) |
| locative | -тельови (-telʹovi) | -тельох (-telʹox) |
| vocative | -тель (-telʹ) | -телє (-telje) |
Derived terms
[edit]Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-teľь. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic -тель (-telĭ), Serbo-Croatian -telj and Czech -tel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-тель • (-telʹ) m
- -er (a suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer of an action or a human relation)
- писа́ть (pisátʹ, “to write”) + -тель (-telʹ) → писа́тель (pisátelʹ, “writer”)
- предста́вить (predstávitʹ, “to represent”) + -тель (-telʹ) → представи́тель (predstavítelʹ, “representative”)
Usage notes
[edit]- The stress is usually drawn onto the preceding syllable (but see слу́шатель (slúšatelʹ, “listener”)).
Declension
[edit]Declension of -тель (bian masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of -тель (bian masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
[edit]- оскорби́тель (oskorbítelʹ)
- отрица́тель (otricátelʹ)
See also
[edit]Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Ruthenian -тель (-telʹ), from Old East Slavic -тель (-telĭ), from Proto-Slavic *-teľь.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-тель • (-telʹ) m pers (feminine -тель + -ка)
- appended to verbs and nouns to form masculine agent nouns; -er, -or
- ви́зволити (výzvolyty, “to liberate, to free, to release”) + -тель (-telʹ) → визволи́тель (vyzvolýtelʹ, “liberator”)
- ви́ховати (výxovaty, “to raise, to bring up, to nurture”) + -тель (-telʹ) → вихова́тель (vyxovátelʹ, “teacher (of kindergarten/nursery), fosterer, educator”)
- ганьби́ти (hanʹbýty, “to shame”) + -тель (-telʹ) → ганьби́тель (hanʹbýtelʹ, “shamer”)
- гноби́ти (hnobýty, “to oppress”) + -тель (-telʹ) → гноби́тель (hnobýtelʹ, “oppressor”)
- жи́ти (žýty, “to live”) + -тель (-telʹ) → жи́тель (žýtelʹ, “inhabitant, dweller”)
- ми́слити (mýslyty, “to think”) + -тель (-telʹ) → мисли́тель (myslýtelʹ, “thinker”)
- ни́щити (nýščyty, “to destroy”) + -тель (-telʹ) → ни́щитель (nýščytelʹ, “destroyer”)
- роди́ти (rodýty, “to birth”) + -тель (-telʹ) → роди́тель (rodýtelʹ, “parent”)
- спасти́ (spastý, “to save, to redeem”) + -тель (-telʹ) → спаси́тель (spasýtelʹ, “savior, redeemer”)
Usage notes
[edit]- The stress is usually drawn onto the preceding syllable (but see при́ятель (prýjatelʹ, “buddy, pal, friend”)).
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -́тель -́telʹ |
-́телі -́teli |
| genitive | -́теля -́telja |
-́телів -́teliv |
| dative | -́телеві, -́телю -́televi, -́telju |
-́телям -́teljam |
| accusative | -́теля -́telja |
-́телів -́teliv |
| instrumental | -́телем -́telem |
-́телями -́teljamy |
| locative | -́телеві, -́телю, -́телі -́televi, -́telju, -́teli |
-́телях -́teljax |
| vocative | -́телю -́telju |
-́телі -́teli |
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Old Church Slavonic terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic lemmas
- Old Church Slavonic suffixes
- Old Church Slavonic noun-forming suffixes
- Old Church Slavonic masculine suffixes
- Pannonian Rusyn terms inherited from Old Slovak
- Pannonian Rusyn terms derived from Old Slovak
- Pannonian Rusyn terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Pannonian Rusyn terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Pannonian Rusyn terms derived from Carpathian Rusyn
- Pannonian Rusyn terms derived from Serbo-Croatian
- Pannonian Rusyn 1-syllable words
- Pannonian Rusyn terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Pannonian Rusyn/ɛʎ
- Rhymes:Pannonian Rusyn/ɛʎ/1 syllable
- Pannonian Rusyn lemmas
- Pannonian Rusyn suffixes
- Pannonian Rusyn masculine suffixes
- Pannonian Rusyn noun-forming suffixes
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Russian 1-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian suffixes
- Russian noun-forming suffixes
- Russian masculine suffixes
- Russian soft-stem masculine-form nouns
- Russian soft-stem masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- Ukrainian terms inherited from Old Ruthenian
- Ukrainian terms derived from Old Ruthenian
- Ukrainian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Ukrainian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Ukrainian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ukrainian lemmas
- Ukrainian suffixes
- Ukrainian noun-forming suffixes
- Ukrainian masculine suffixes
- Ukrainian personal suffixes
- Ukrainian soft masculine-form nouns
- Ukrainian soft masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a