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Definition 2024


Russian

Alternative forms

Suffix

(-e)

  1. Used to form adverbs from adjectives; used after palatalized consonants.
    вну́тренний (vnútrennij, internal) + (-e)вну́тренне (vnútrenne, internally)
  2. Used to form comparative adverbs from adjectives.
    ти́хий (tíxij, quiet) + (-e)ти́ше (tíše, more quietly)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *-ę.

Suffix

(Latin spelling -e)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting a young animal, plant, place name or is used as a collective noun.
Derived terms
Declension

Etymology 2

Suffix

(Latin spelling -e)

  1. Suffix appended to the truncated stem (up to the second syllable) of a proper name to create a masculine or feminine hypocoristic.
    Катари́наКа́те
    Ма̀ријаМа́ре
    Ју̏ра̄јЈу́ре
    Ма̀тијаМа́те

Etymology 3

From Proto-Slavic *-e, from Proto-Slavic *-e, not a desinence per se but a thematic vowel in e-grade.

Suffix

(Latin spelling -e)

  1. Suffix appended to the nominal stem to create vocative singular. Used for masculine and neuter a-stems.
    ву̑кву̑че (vocative singular)

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