TY - JOUR N2 - The article is devoted to personal nouns with suffi x -ant in Polish and Belarusian. The lexical and semantic analysis of the studied group of words showed that in both languages they belong to the literary variety of language, however, numerous nouns represent rare vocabulary, sometimes characterized stylistically. The overwhelming majority of names defi nes the names of active contractors of activities, less often – passive contractors, and least frequently – names of owners. In addition, the nomina masculina with suffi x -ant belong to the attributive names, defi ning people on the basis of their character traits, tendencies, and often vices. The s tudied lexis include archaic or colloquial derivatives. Among the specialist words, there were examples representing such fi elds as law and judiciary, economics and trade, religion and art, education and science. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/112083/PDF/SO%202-19%2012-A.Goral.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/112083 PY - 2019 IS - No 2 EP - 411 DO - 10.24425/slo.2019.128480 KW - word formation KW - nouns with suffi x -ant KW - personal nouns KW - lexical analysis KW - semantic analysis A1 - Goral, Agnieszka PB - Komitet Słowianoznawstwa PAN VL - vol. LXVIII DA - 2019.06.25 T1 - Semantic Analysis of Personal nomina masculina with a Word-Formation Suffi x -ant in Polish and Belarusian SP - 401 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/112083 T2 - Slavia Orientalis ER -