-nica

See also: nica, Nica, Nicà, Nică, Niça, and -nīca

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nʲit͡sa/

Suffix

-nica f

  1. female equivalent of -nik
    ‎wuknik + ‎-nica → ‎wuknica

Declension
Declension of -nica
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -nica -nicy -nice
Genitive -nice -nicowu -nicow
Dative -nicy -nicoma -nicam
Accusative -nicu -nicy -nice
Instrumental -nicu -nicoma -nicami
Locative -nicy -nicoma -nicach

Derived terms
Lower Sorbian terms suffixed with -nica

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɲi.t͡sa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa
  • Syllabification: ni‧ca

Suffix

-nica f

  1. female equivalent of -nik
    ‎pracownik + ‎-nica → ‎pracownica
    Synonym: -iczka
  2. female equivalent of -eń
    ‎uczeń + ‎-nica → ‎uczennica
  3. forms female nouns
    ‎mydło + ‎-nica → ‎mydlnica

Declension
Declension of -nica
singular plural
nominative -nica -nice
genitive -nicy -nic
dative -nicy -nicom
accusative -nicę -nice
instrumental -nicą -nicami
locative -nicy -nicach
vocative -nico -nice

Derived terms
Polish terms suffixed with -nica

Further reading
  • -nica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • -nica in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From -nik +‎ -a.

Suffix

-nica (Cyrillic spelling -ница)

  1. female equivalent of -nik
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