-inec

• IPA^(key): [ ɪnɛt͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɪnɛts

-inec m inan or m anim (noun-forming suffix)

1. used to create nouns from nouns
   1. resulting term often has the meaning of a building intended to shelter animals or people denoted in the base word

      ‎pes (“dog”) + ‎-inec → ‎psinec (“kennel”)

   2. resulting term often has the meaning of an excrement produced by the animal denoted in the base word

      ‎kobyla (“mare”) + ‎-inec → ‎kobylinec (“mare's excrement”)

2. may create a noun from a pronoun or adjective

   ‎náš (“our”) + ‎-inec → ‎našinec (“one of us, homeboy”)

   ‎cizí (“strange, foreign”) + ‎-inec → ‎cizinec (“stranger, foreigner”)

• The word našinec is probably the only case of this suffix added to a pronoun.

when inanimate:

when animate:

• Z dopisů jazykové poradně, Naše řeč, volume 89 (2006)
• -inec in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017