-će
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-tьje.
Suffix
-će (Cyrillic spelling -ће)
- Suffix appended to verb roots to create a neuter verbal noun denoting an action or the result of an action. Used for verbs with a passive participle ending in -t.
- puknuti (“to crack”) → puknut (passive participle) → puknuće (“(the act of) cracking”)
See also
- -nje (for verbs with a passive participle ending in -n)