-iak
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak"
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [i̯ak]
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-akъ after a nominal in *-ь or a verb with soft (front) final root vowel.
Suffix
-iak m
- 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
- Polsko + -iak → Poliak
- sušiť + -iak → sušiak
- čmeľ + -iak → čmeliak
- Beňo + -iak → Beniak
Related terms
- -ák
- -áčka ~ -iačka
- -čiak ~ -čák
- -niak
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