-це

See also: цэ

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɛ]

Suffix

-це • (-ce) n

  1. Appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually to form a diminutive or as an expression of endearment.
    ‎грло (grlo) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎грлце (grlce)
    ‎масло (maslo) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎масолце (masolce)
    ‎млеко (mleko) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎млекце (mlekce)
    ‎село (selo) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎селце (selce)

Derived terms

Macedonian terms suffixed with -це

See also

Moksha

Etymology 1

Akin to Erzya -це (-će). Possibly further related to Komi-Permyak -дз (-dź, ordinal suffix) or borrowed from Proto-Turkic *-nč.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /tsʲæ/

Suffix

-це • (-će)

  1. ordinal suffix
    • B. V. Vśesvætskij, Botańika: SŔEDŃAJ ŠKOLANĎI TONAFŃEMA KŃIGA, 1933
      VIII-це ПРЯКССЬ.
      VIII-će PŔAKSS.
      Chapter 8 (lit. "8th")
Inflection
Derived terms
Moksha terms suffixed with -це

Etymology 2

Fusion of -т (-t, possessive suffix) and ся (śa, “that”).[2]

Suffix

-це • (-će)

  1. 2nd person singular possessive suffix in nominative, genitive and dative with one possession
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      кудце — кудцень — кудценди
      kudće — kudćeń — kudćenďi
      your house — of your house — to/for your house
Derived terms
Moksha terms suffixed with -це (possessive)
See also
  • -т (-t) (the possessive suffix elsewhere in the paradigm, the expected Uralic form)

References

  1. Bartens, Raija. 1999. Mordvalaiskielten rakenne ja kehitys. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 232. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
  2. Serebrennikov, B. A. (1967) Istoričeskaja morfologija mordovskix jazykov [Historical morphology of the Mordvinic languages] (in Russian), Moskva, page 55

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sə]

Suffix

-це • (-ce)

  1. -y, -ling forming diminutive nouns
    ‎де́рево (dérevo, “tree”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎де́ревце (dérevce, “sapling, little tree”)
    ‎копы́то (kopýto, “hoof”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎копы́тце (kopýtce, “small hoof”)
    ‎волокно́ (voloknó, “fiber, filament”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎волоко́нце (volokónce, “small fiber, small filament”)
    ‎де́ло (délo, “affair, matter”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎де́льце (délʹce, “small matter, small affair”)

Declension

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -це

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьce.

Suffix

-це (Latin spelling -ce)

  1. Appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually to form a diminutive or as an expression of endearment, or to denote an object.

See also

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