-ač

See also: -áč and Appendix:Variations of "ac"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech -ač, from Proto-Slavic *-ačь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ at͡ʃ]

Suffix

-ač m anim or m inan (noun-forming suffix)

1. a suffix used to form agent nouns, similar to -er and -or

Declension

animate:

Declension of -ač (soft masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ač	-ači
genitive	-ače	-ačů
dative	-ačovi, -ači	-ačům
accusative	-ače	-ače
vocative	-ači	-ači
locative	-ačovi, -ači	-ačích
instrumental	-ačem	-ači

inanimate:

Declension of -ač (soft masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ač	-ače
genitive	-ače	-ačů
dative	-ači	-ačům
accusative	-ač	-ače
vocative	-ači	-ače
locative	-ači	-ačích
instrumental	-ačem	-ači

Derived terms

• časovač
• pokrývač
• pořadač
• posunovač

See also

• -ič
• -itel
• -átor

Further reading

• -ač in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ačь.

Suffix

-ač

1. a suffix used to form agent nouns, similar to -er and -or

Declension

Declension of -ač (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-ač	-ačě	-ači, -ačové
genitive	-ačě	-ačú	-ačóv
dative	-aču, -ačovi	-ačoma	-ačóm
accusative	-ačě	-ačě	-ačě
vocative	-aču	-ačě	-ači, -ačové
locative	-aču, -ačovi	-ačú	-ačích
instrumental	-ačem	-ačoma	-ači

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-āč m anim or m inan (Cyrillic spelling -а̄ч, noun-forming suffix)

1. suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer, tool or object; -er

   ‎potròšiti (“to consume, to use”) + ‎-ač → ‎potròšač (“consumer”)

   ‎jȁhati (“to ride horseback”) + ‎-ač → ‎jàhāč (“horseman, cavalryman”)

   ‎bȕka (“noise”) + ‎-ač → ‎bùkāč (“angry noisemaker, person who shouts in anger”)

   ‎zamrzívati (“freeze”) + ‎-ač → ‎zamrzìvāč (“freezer (device)”)

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -ač

bacač

bakrač

brijač

brojač

bukač

hrkač

izdavač

jahač

jebač

koromač

kupač

letač

ložač

naslonjač

navijač

pevač

pjevač

plesač

potrošač

prodavač

pušač

rezač

skakač

spavač

strugač

tresač

upravljač

vrebač

zamrzivač