-ниця

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Cognate with Russian -ница (-nica), Polish -nica. From -ник (-nyk) +‎ (-ja)

Suffix

-ниця (-nycjaf pers or f inan

  1. female equivalent of -ник (-nyk)
  2. (forms nouns denoting the place)
    крам (kram, goods) + ‎-ниця (-nycja) → ‎крамниця (kramnycja, shop, store)
    гроб (hrob, coffin, grave) + ‎-ниця (-nycja) → ‎гробниця (hrobnycja, tomb)
    бог (boh, god) + ‎-ниця (-nycja) → ‎божниця (božnycja, temple, church, chapel)

Declension

Declension of -ни́ця
(inan soft fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative -ни́ця
-nýcja
-ни́ці
-nýci
genitive -ни́ці
-nýci
-ни́ць
-nýcʹ
dative -ни́ці
-nýci
-ни́цям
-nýcjam
accusative -ни́цю
-nýcju
-ни́ці
-nýci
instrumental -ни́цею
-nýceju
-ни́цями
-nýcjamy
locative -ни́ці
-nýci
-ни́цях
-nýcjax
vocative -ни́це
-nýce
-ни́ці
-nýci

Derived terms