-inec

See also: înec

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-inec m inan or m anim (noun-forming suffix)

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.

Declension

when inanimate:

Declension of -inec (soft masculine inanimate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	-inec	-ince
genitive	-ince	-inců
dative	-inci	-incům
accusative	-inec	-ince
vocative	-inci	-ince
locative	-inci	-incích
instrumental	-incem	-inci

when animate:

Declension of -inec (soft masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	-inec	-inci
genitive	-ince	-inců
dative	-incovi, -inci	-incům
accusative	-ince	-ince
vocative	-inče	-inci
locative	-incovi, -inci	-incích
instrumental	-incem	-inci

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -inec

blázinec

nevěstinec

psinec

sirotčinec

slepičinec

sovinec

zvěřinec

Further reading

• The template Template:R:cs:Nase rec does not use the parameter(s):

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Z dopisů jazykové poradně, Naše řeč, volume 89 (2006)
• -inec in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017