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-тєль
-тель
Old Church Slavonic
Suffix
-тел҄ь • (-telʹĭ)
- -er, -or; Deverbative nominalizing suffix used to create a masculine agent noun. Usually derived from infinitive (or "aorist") stem of verbs, rarely from root-class verbs, such as:
- Some nouns derive from infinitive stem in -а- or -ѣ-:
- The most common are the nouns with infinitive in -и-:
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Church_Slavonic_words_suffixed_with_-%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C'>Old Church Slavonic words suffixed with -тель</a>
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Related terms
- -итель (-itelĭ)
- -арь (-arĭ)
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-teljь. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic -тель (-telĭ), Serbo-Croatian -telj and Czech -tel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʲɪlʲ]
Suffix
-тель • (-telʹ) m
- -er (a suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer of an action or a human relation)
- писа́ть (pisátʹ, “to write”) → писа́тель (pisátelʹ, “writer”)
- предста́вить (predstávitʹ, “to represent”) → представи́тель (predstavítelʹ, “representative”)
Declension
Declension of -тель (bian masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | -тель -telʹ |
-тели -teli |
genitive | -теля -telja |
-телей -telej |
dative | -телю -telju |
-телям -teljam |
accusative animate inanimate |
-теля -telja |
-телей -telej |
-тель -telʹ |
-тели -teli |
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instrumental | -телем -telem |
-телями -teljami |
prepositional | -теле -tele |
-телях -teljax |
Usage notes
- The stress is usually drawn onto the preceding syllable (but see слу́шатель (slúšatelʹ, “listener”)).
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Russian_words_suffixed_with_-%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C'>Russian words suffixed with -тель</a>
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