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-ák
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Appendix:Variations of "ak" -iak
Czech
Pronunciation
cs Cs-ák.ogg
Suffix
m-an,m-in
grader noun suffix denoting a grade
cs osmý osmák
from nouns: forms nouns that indicate that the referent is characterized by or relating to the base noun
cs kříž křižák
from adjectives: forms nouns that indicate that the referent has the property denoted by the base adjective
cs chytrý chytrák
Declension
inanimate declension:
m
animate declension:
m.an
Derived terms
cs
Related terms
cs suffix denoting grade prvňák druhák třeťák čtvrťák páťák šesťák sedmák osmák deváťák
cs suffix autobusák bubák cloumák čurák hasák honák chytrák kejhák koumák mazák mindrák modrák rošťák silák svěrák tahák trhák tulák uherák uhlák vazák
Further reading
Slovak
Etymology
sk :inh sla-pro:*-akъ 1 +
Pronunciation
Suffix
sk suffix m agentive suffixes
an agentive suffix
sk spievať spevák
sk vŕtať vrták
sk dívať sa divák
forms the name of the bearer of a property from an adjective
sk chudý chudák
a suffix denoting that someone is pertaining to a grade or a class, -en grader
sk štvrtý štvrták
forms a colloquial or slang term from an adjective
sk bombardovacie lietadlo bombarďák
forms a demonym, mainly in case of regions and nations
sk Liptov Lipták
sk Slovan Slovák
an expressive, depreciative suffix
sk chlap chlapák
an archaic suffix to create augmentative or depreciative forms of given names
sk Ján Janák
a fictive suffix to adapt male forms of some borrowings
sk bosorka bosorák
Declension
Declension in case of an inanimate noun according to the declension pattern sk dub:
m-in
Declension in case of an animate noun according to the declension pattern sk chlap:
m-pr
Derived terms
sk
Related terms
sk -iak alternative form of sk -ák after roots in a (historically) soft or palatalizeable consonant
sk -áčka ~ sk -iačka
sk -čiak ~ sk -čák
sk -niak
Further reading
Pauliny, Eugen - Ružička, Jozef - Štolc, Jozef (1968), Slovenská gramatika (in Slovak), 5th edition, Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, pages 145-152
-ák in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk