-ac

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ac"

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) -ack, -aque

Etymology

From French -acque, from New Latin -acus, from Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós, “-ic”). Doublet of -ic and -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æk/ but note elegiac /ˌelɪˈdʒaɪək/.

Suffix

-ac

1. One affected with.
2. Of, belonging to.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ac

Translations

one affected with

• Finnish: -akki
• Greek: -ακός (el) (-akós), -ιακός (el) (-iakós)
• Hungarian: -ák, -ákus, -ás (hu)
• Portuguese: -íaco
• Spanish: -aco (es) m, -aca (es) f

Anagrams

• ca, CA, C.A., ca., &ca., &ca

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• -ec (chiefly Kajkavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьcь.

Suffix

-ac (Cyrillic spelling -ац)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, follower, age, proper name, feature, plant or animal.

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -ac

See also

• -avac
• -ijevac
• -lac

Slovincian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at͡s/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ati.

Suffix

-ac

1. forms verbs

   ‎pamjãc ‎-ac → ‎pamjãtac

Derived terms

Slovincian terms suffixed with -ac (-ati)

Etymology 2

Phonetic reduction of Proto-Slavic *-ovati

Suffix

-ac

1. forms verbs

   Alternative form: -ôwac

   ‎pôkázac pf ‎-ac → ‎pôkazác impf

Derived terms

Slovincian terms suffixed with -ac (-ovati)