-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”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æk/
- (US) IPA(key): /æk/
Suffix
-ac
- One affected with.
Derived terms
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References
- Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (chiefly Kajkavian): -ec
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ьcь.
Suffix
-ac (Cyrillic spelling -ац)
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, follower, age, proper name, feature, plant or animal.
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