-ciño

Galician

Alternative forms
  • -cín (Eastern Galician)

Etymology

From -c- +‎ -iño. Compare Portuguese -zinho.

Suffix

-ciño (feminine -ciña, plural -ciños, feminine plural -ciñas)

  1. Alternative form of -iño, used when the end sound of a word is a nasal, semivowel or vowel and the word is an oxytone; sometimes with semantic shift from the original noun.
    ‎furón (“ferret”) + ‎-ciño → ‎furonciño (“wood mouse”)
    ‎can (“dog”) + ‎-ciño → ‎canciño (“little dog; pup”)

Usage notes
  • Traditionally, this suffix attaches to words with stress on the last syllable, while those ending in unstressed -o, -a or -e use -iño (or -iña for feminine words).

Derived terms
Galician terms suffixed with -ciño
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