-ina

-ina

1. (taxonomy) Used to form names of subtribes of animals
2. (taxonomy) Used to form names of suborders of animals
3. (taxonomy) Used to form names of taxa subordinate to the higher rank from which they are derived
4. (taxonomy) Used to form names of genera from other genera indicating a smaller size of organism

• See Category:Translingual terms suffixed with -ina

-ina f

1. -y (forming diminutives of feminine nouns)

• -ín

-ina f

1. feminine singular of -í

-ina f

1. -ine (used to form names of chemical substances)

• “-ina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “-ina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ina.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪna]
• Rhymes: -ɪna

-ina f

1. noun forming suffix

   ‎pustý + ‎-ina → ‎pustina

   ‎list + ‎-ina → ‎listina

   ‎kráva + ‎-ina → ‎kravina

• Substantiva tvořená příponou -ina, Naše řeč (1938)
• -ina in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Borrowed from English -ine, French -ine, Italian -ina, Portuguese -ina/Spanish -ina, all ultimately from Latin -īna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈina/

-ina

1. (chemistry) forms nouns from nouns, denoting a technical term for a substance; container

   ‎caseo (“cheese”) + ‎-ina → ‎caseina (“caseine”)

   ‎globulo (“globule”) + ‎-ina → ‎globulino (“globuline”)

   ‎vacca (“cow”) + ‎-ina → ‎vaccina (“vaccine”)

• Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: -ì‧na

From Latin -īna.

-ina f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ine)

1. inflectional suffix used to form diminutives of feminine nouns

   ‎mano (“hand”) + ‎-ina → ‎manina (“small hand”)

   ‎coperta (“blanket”) + ‎-ina → ‎copertina (“cover”)

2. used to form the feminine of masculine nouns and given names

   ‎eroe (“hero”) + ‎-ina → ‎eroina (“heroine”)

   ‎Giuseppe + ‎-ina → ‎Giuseppina

3. used to form collective numerals

   ‎cinquanta (“fifty”) + ‎-ina → ‎cinquantina (“a total of about fifty”)

4. used to derive nouns denoting a profession

   ‎Croce Rossa (“Red Cross”) + ‎-ina → ‎crocerossina (“Red Cross nurse”)

5. used to derive nouns denoting an ethnic or geographical origin

   ‎Alessandria (“Alessandria; Alexandria”) + ‎-ina → ‎alessandrina (“female native or inhabitant of Alessandria or Alexandria”)

6. used to derive adjectives denoting composition, color or other qualities

-ina f (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)

1. feminine singular of -ino (suffix forming relational adjectives and demonyms)

   ‎smeraldo (“emerald”) + ‎-ina → ‎smeraldina (“emerald (relational; feminine singular); emerald green (feminine singular)”)

-ina f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ine)

1. (chemistry) used to form names of chemical substances; -ine

• -etta
• -uccia

• ain, ani

-īna

1. inflection of -īnus:
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

-ina

1. passive ending (used for words ending in 'a')

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ina.

-ina

1. forms feminine nouns of various meanings

• Polish: -ina

• -yna

Inherited from Old Polish -ina, from Proto-Slavic *-ina.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.na/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: i‧na

-ina f

1. (obsolete) Appended to nouns or proper nouns, often surnames to form nouns meaning: wife of

   Synonym: -owa

2. (obsolete) Appended to animals to mean meat of
3. (obsolete) Appended to trees to form nouns meaning: forest of
4. Forms feminine nouns of various meanings

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

-ina f (noun-forming suffix, plural -inas)

1. (chemistry) -ine, -in

From Proto-Slavic *-ina.

-ina (Cyrillic spelling -ина)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine nouns.
2. Suffix appended to words to create a possessive form of feminine nouns.
3. Suffix appended to noun roots to form an augmentative (the resulting noun is always feminine) frequently with pejorative or negative connotation.

• -arina
• -enina

From Proto-Slavic *-ina.

• IPA^(key): /-ina/, /-ìːna/

-ina or -ína f

1. added to adjectives to form an abstract noun

From French -ine.

-ina f

1. (chemistry) -ine
2. (biochemistry) -in
3. a diminutive suffix for feminine nouns or adjectives

• “-ina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014