-inec

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ɪnɛt͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɪnɛts

Suffix

-inec m inan

1. Used to create nouns from nouns.
   1. Resulting term often has the meaning of a building intended to shelter animals or people denoted in the base word.

      ‎pes (“dog”) + ‎-inec → ‎psinec (“kennel”)

   2. Resulting term often has the meaning of an excrement produced by the animal denoted in the base word.

      ‎kobyla (“mare”) + ‎-inec → ‎kobylinec (“mare's excrement”)

2. May create a noun from a pronoun or adjective.

   ‎náš (“our”) + ‎-inec → ‎našinec (“one of us, homeboy”)

   ‎cizí (“strange, foreign”) + ‎-inec → ‎cizinec (“stranger, foreigner”)

Usage notes

The word našinec is probably the only case of this suffix added to a pronoun.

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -inec

Further reading

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