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-анець
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Ukrainian
Etymology
Parsable as uk -ан -ець, with the first part ultimately from uk la -ānus. Compare rsk -анєц and ru -анец.
Pronunciation
uk а нець
Suffix
uk suffix m-pr female equivalent -анка noun-forming suffixes variant -янець or -анин or -чанин or -инець or -енець
uk -ець: suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting an inhabitant, feature or a human relation.
uk Мексика мексиканець Mexico Mexican
Usage notes
Some nouns ending in uk -анець are simply the result of a noun stem ending in uk -ан- suffixed with uk -ець, for instance uk британець or uk іранець.
Declension
-а́нець<*.pr>
Derived terms
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