-iak

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak"

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-akъ after a nominal in *-ь or a verb with soft (front) final root vowel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [i̯ak]

Suffix

-iak m

  1. alternative form of suffix -ák after roots in a (historically) soft or palatalizeable consonant
    ‎divieť + ‎-iak → ‎diviak
    ‎peší + ‎-iak → ‎pešiak
    ‎tretí + ‎-iak → ‎tretiak
    ‎nákladné auto + ‎-iak → ‎nákladniak
    ‎horný + ‎-iak → ‎horniak
    ‎Poľsko + ‎-iak → ‎Poliak
    ‎sušiť + ‎-iak → ‎sušiak
    ‎čmeľ + ‎-iak → ‎čmeliak
    ‎Beňo + ‎-iak → ‎Beniak

Declension
  • Declension in case of an inanimate noun according to the declension pattern dub:
Declension of -iak
singular plural
nominative -iak -iaky
genitive -iaka -iakov
dative -iaku -iakom
accusative -iak -iaky
locative -iaku -iakoch
instrumental -iakom -iakmi
  • Declension in case of an animate noun according to the declension pattern chlap:
Declension of -iak
singular plural
nominative -iak -iaci
genitive -iaka -iakov
dative -iakovi -iakom
accusative -iaka -iakov
locative -iakovi -iakoch
instrumental -iakom -iakmi

Further reading
  • Pauliny, Eugen - Ružička, Jozef - Štolc, Jozef (1968), Slovenská gramatika (in Slovak), 5th edition, Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, pages 145-152
  • -iak in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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