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a noun ending in k + -em > kiem; a noun ending in k + plural i > ki or cy > a noun ending in g + -em > giem; a noun ending in g + plural i > gi or dzy > a noun ending in ch + plural i > si or chy; Some words are subject to certain vowel alternations, caused by historical sound changes in Polish. The alternations are as follows (they do not ...
Greater Poland dialect group (Polish: dialekt wielkopolski) is a dialect group of the Polish language used in the Greater Poland.It is used in the area, on the south from the cities of Koło, Kalisz, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Rawicz, and Babimost, from the west from Międzychód and Krzyż Wielkopolski, and along the line of the rivers of Noteć and Warta.
some personal names end in -o, e.g. Horeszko, Kościuszko; those decline in singular like feminine nouns ending in -a; some nouns, which were originally adjectives, end in -i and -y; those decline in singular like adjectives; Feminine: feminine nouns typically end in -a; some nouns end in a soft or hardened consonant: all abstract nouns ending ...
Masculine nouns ending in -a take adjectival declension: organista (nom. s.) > organistégo (gen. s.). The genitive singular is often formed with -a instead of -u for masculine nouns. Feminine nouns have ja type stems take -e in the genitive singular: od wiecerze. The masculine dative is formed with -oju via contamination of -owi (reduced to ...
The most common noun-forming suffixes in English are -tion, -ism, -ity, and -ness. [17] For example, the verb activate + -tion becomes the noun activation. English nouns can also be formed by conversion (no change, e.g., run [verb] → run [noun]) and compounding (putting two bases together, e.g., grand + mother → grandmother). [18]
-ity (usually changes adjectives into nouns)-less (usually changes nouns into adjectives)-like (usually changes nouns into adjectives)-logy/-ology (usually class-maintaining, with the word class remaining a noun)-ly (usually changes adjectives into adverbs, but also some nouns into adjectives)-ment (usually changes verbs into nouns)
When the suffix is added to a word ending in a consonant followed by le (pronounced as a syllabic l), generally the mute e is dropped, the l loses its syllabic nature, and no additional l is added; this category is mostly composed of adverbs that end in -ably or -ibly (and correspond to adjectives ending in -able or -ible), such as probably ...
Demonyms ending in -ese are the same in the singular and plural forms. The ending -man has feminine equivalent -woman (e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman). The French terminations -ois / ais serve as both the singular and plural masculine; adding 'e' (-oise / aise) makes them singular feminine; 'es' (-oises / aises) makes them plural feminine.