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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 87 Player, Playroom and Playground: Common Derivaons 478 / 600the word for a person who reads will be explained below.However, not all verbs make nouns with -ač: some use -telj, and they always meanpersons; the most common ones are:verb‘player’ nounčitati readčitatelj readergledati watchgledatelj watchergraditi buildgraditelj buildernatjecati (natječe) se² compete natjecatelj competitor ®roditi give birthroditelj parentslušati listenslušatelj listenerAs you can see, these nouns have the stress always on the third syllable from theend, and preserve the vowel before the infinitive ending.The feminine versions of these nouns are simply derived by adding -ica and movingthe stress to -telj-:čitatelj reader (m) → čitateljica reader (f)gledatelj watcher (m) → gledateljica watcher (f)However, the noun roditelj parent is usually used in masculine forms only, regardlessof person’s sex.Some of these verbs have a bit colloquial alternative nouns ® which end in -lac, withthe ‘case-base’ -oc-, while some other verbs have -lac (-oc-) nouns only:verbčitati readgledati watchslušati listenmisliti thinknositi carryroniti dive‘player’ nounčitalac (čitaoc-) readergledalac (čitaoc-) watcherslušalac (čitaoc-) listenermislilac (mislioc-) thinkernosilac (nosioc-) carrierronilac (ronioc-) diver(colloq.) ®It’s interesting that these nouns are often regularized in real life (to their case-base),so you’ll hear (and read) mislioc, nosioc, ronioc etc. as well – just check theGoogle hits (on the .hr domain):
Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 87 Player, Playroom and Playground: Common Derivaons 479 / 600form hitsronilac 20900ronioc 9980form hitsnosilac 24400nosioc 11700However, some people think such regularized forms are signs of uneducated speechand writing (but it seems they are getting more common, and they can be foundeven in texts published on universities).Then, a couple of verbs derive such nouns with -ac (-c-):verbboriti se² fightglumiti actloviti catch, huntkupiti perf. buypisati (piše) write‘player’ nounborac (borc-) fighterglumac (glumc-) actorlovac (lovc-) hunterkupac (kupc-) buyerpisac (pisc-) writerIt’s interesting that only few of -lac and -ac nouns have feminine versions; from thenouns above, only this one has the feminine version:glumac (glumc-) actor → glumica actress(There’s a lot of debate should feminine forms of these nouns beintroduced/invented or not.)But that’s not all. There are also two suffixes used to derive such nouns that getattached to both verbs and nouns: one of them is -ar:verb‘player’ nounkuhati cook kuhar cook ®slikati paint (pictures) slikar paintermeso meatmesar butcherpošta postpoštar postmanriba fishribar fishermanstol table ®stolar carpenterura clock (see below) urar watchmaker ®zid wallzidar masonzub toothzubar dentistThe word ura is considered today a bit archaic, dialectal and non-standard, but theterm for watchmaker is still derived from it.
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form hits
ronilac 20900
ronioc 9980
form hits
nosilac 24400
nosioc 11700
However, some people think such regularized forms are signs of uneducated speech
and writing (but it seems they are getting more common, and they can be found
even in texts published on universities).
Then, a couple of verbs derive such nouns with -ac (-c-):
verb
boriti se² fight
glumiti act
loviti catch, hunt
kupiti perf. buy
pisati (piše) write
‘player’ noun
borac (borc-) fighter
glumac (glumc-) actor
lovac (lovc-) hunter
kupac (kupc-) buyer
pisac (pisc-) writer
It’s interesting that only few of -lac and -ac nouns have feminine versions; from the
nouns above, only this one has the feminine version:
glumac (glumc-) actor → glumica actress
(There’s a lot of debate should feminine forms of these nouns be
introduced/invented or not.)
But that’s not all. There are also two suffixes used to derive such nouns that get
attached to both verbs and nouns: one of them is -ar:
verb
‘player’ noun
kuhati cook kuhar cook ®
slikati paint (pictures) slikar painter
meso meat
mesar butcher
pošta post
poštar postman
riba fish
ribar fisherman
stol table ®
stolar carpenter
ura clock (see below) urar watchmaker ®
zid wall
zidar mason
zub tooth
zubar dentist
The word ura is considered today a bit archaic, dialectal and non-standard, but the
term for watchmaker is still derived from it.
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