-ївець

-івець Ukrainian Etymology uk nominal :af uk:-євий<id:adjectival> uk:-ець<id:nominal> 1 From the uk 1 1 of the adjective + uk -ець (with є→ї substitution, later extracted out as its own suffix) , equivalent to uk -євий -ець. Pronunciation -ї́вець -їве́ць Suffix uk suffix m feminine -ївка variant -івець suffix appended to nouns, both inanimate and persons, to form the corresponding noun referring to male agents or adepts uk -єць -ієць Declension ((-́ївець<*>, -ї́вець<pr.*>)) References