-iak

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak"

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-akъ after a nominal in *-ь or a verb with soft (front) final root vowel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪ̯ak/, [ɪ̯ak]

Suffix

-iak m

alternative form of suffix -ák after roots in a (historically) soft or palatalizeable consonant
‎divieť + ‎-iak → ‎diviak

‎peší + ‎-iak → ‎pešiak

‎tretí + ‎-iak → ‎tretiak

‎nákladné (auto) + ‎-iak → ‎nákladniak

‎horný + ‎-iak → ‎horniak

‎Poľsko + ‎-iak → ‎Poliak

‎sušiť + ‎-iak → ‎sušiak

‎čmeľ + ‎-iak → ‎čmeliak

‎Beňo + ‎-iak → ‎Beniak

Declension

Inanimate nouns:

Declension of *-iak*
(pattern *dub*)
	singular	plural
nominative	-iak	-iaky
genitive	-iaka	-iakov
dative	-iaku	-iakom
accusative	-iak	-iaky
locative	-iaku	-iakoch
instrumental	-iakom	-iakmi

Animate nouns:

Declension of *-iak*
(pattern *chlap*)
	singular	plural
nominative	-iak	-iaci
genitive	-iaka	-iakov
dative	-iakovi	-iakom
accusative	-iaka	-iakov
locative	-iakovi	-iakoch
instrumental	-iakom	-iakmi

Animal nouns:

Declension of *-iak*
(patterns *chlap* (singular) and *dub* (plural))
	singular	plural
nominative	-iak	-iaky
genitive	-iaka	-iakov
dative	-iakovi	-iakom
accusative	-iaka	-iaky
locative	-iakovi	-iakoch
instrumental	-iakom	-iakmi

Derived terms

Slovak terms suffixed with -iak

Related terms

-ák
-áčka ~ -iačka

Further reading

Pauliny, Eugen - Ružička, Jozef - Štolc, Jozef (1968), Slovenská gramatika (in Slovak), 5th edition, Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, pages 145-152
“-iak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025