-овац

Pannonian Rusyn

Alternative forms

  • -ьовац (-ʹovac), (when suffixed to verbs ending in -иц) -йовац (-jovac)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak -ovať, from Proto-Slavic *-ovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [-ˈɔvat͡s]
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
  • Hyphenation: о‧вац

Suffix

-овац (-ovac)

  1. forms verbs from nouns
    фриштик (frištik, breakfast) + ‎-овац (-ovac) → ‎фриштиковац (frištikovac, to breakfast, to have breakfast)
  2. forms imperfective equivalents of perfective verbs
    случиц pf (slučic) + ‎-овац (-ovac) → ‎случовац impf (slučovac)
    спричинїц pf (spričinjic) + ‎-овац (-ovac) → ‎спричиньовац impf (spričinʹovac)
    превариц pf (prevaric) + ‎-овац (-ovac) → ‎преварйовац impf (prevarjovac)

Derived terms