# -це
## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sɛ]

### Suffix

-це • (-ce) n
* Appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually to form a diminutive or as an expression of endearment.
    ‎грло (grlo) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎грлце (grlce)
    ‎масло (maslo) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎масолце (masolce)
    ‎млеко (mleko) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎млекце (mlekce)
    ‎село (selo) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎селце (selce)

#### Derived terms
### See also

* -ца (-ca)

## Moksha
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Mordvinic *-ćə. Akin to Erzya -це (-ce). Possibly further related to Komi-Permyak -дз (-dź, ordinal suffix), from Proto-Uralic *-ć, or borrowed from Proto-Turkic *-nč.
According to an alternative hypothesis, derived from the demonstrative pronoun *śe (“that”); compare -се (-se) in archaic Erzya васенсе (vasense).

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /tsʲæ/

#### Suffix

-це • (-ce)
* ordinal suffix
** B. V. Vsesvätskij, Botanika: SREDNÄJ ŠKOLANDI TONAFNEMA KNIGA, 1933
    VIII-це ПРЯКССЬ.VIII -ce PRÄKSS.Chapter 8 (lit. "8th")

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

Fusion of -т (-t, possessive suffix) and ся (sä, “that”).

#### Suffix

-це • (-ce)
* 2nd person singular possessive suffix in nominative, genitive and dative with one possession
** O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
    кудце — кудцень — кудцендиkud ce — kud ce ń — kud ce ndiyour house — of your house — to/for your house

##### See also

* -т (-t) (the possessive suffix elsewhere in the paradigm, the expected Uralic form)

### References

* ↑ Bartens, Raija. 1999. Mordvalaiskielten rakenne ja kehitys. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 232. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
* ↑ Serebrennikov, B. A. (1967) Istoričeskaja morfologija mordovskix jazykov [Historical morphology of the Mordvinic languages] (in Russian), Moskva, page 55

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* -цо́ (-có) — when stressed

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sə]

### Suffix

-це • (-ce)
* -y, -ling forming diminutive nouns
    ‎де́рево (dérevo, “tree”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎де́ревце (dérevce, “sapling, little tree”)
    ‎копы́то (kopýto, “hoof”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎копы́тце (kopýtce, “small hoof”)
    ‎волокно́ (voloknó, “fiber, filament”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎волоко́нце (volokónce, “small fiber, small filament”)
    ‎де́ло (délo, “affair, matter”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎де́льце (délʹce, “small matter, small affair”)

#### Derived terms
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.

### Suffix

-це (Latin spelling -ce)
* Appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually to form a diminutive or as an expression of endearment, or to denote an object.

### See also

* -ance
* -ence

## Ukrainian
### Alternative forms

* -ця́ (-cjá) — when plural

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ ˈt͡sɛ]

### Suffix

-це • (-ce) n (plural -ця)
* -y, -ling forming diminutive nouns
    ‎де́рево (dérevo, “tree”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎де́ревце (dérevce, “sapling, little tree”)
    ‎вікно́ (viknó, “window”) + ‎-це (-ce) → ‎віко́нце (vikónce, “small window”)