-ika

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See also: ika, ikä, ĩka, and -iką

Czech

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ika f (noun-forming suffix)

  1. forms nouns denoting a branch of science or study; -ics
    Synonym: -ie

Derived terms

branch of science or study

Further reading

  • -ika in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From -i (diminutive suffix) +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix).[1]

Suffix

-ika

  1. (diminutive suffix) Added to a noun to express smallness, youth, or endearment.
    láda (box) + ‎-ika → ‎ládika (small box)
Usage notes
  • (diminutive suffix) Variants:
    -ika is added to back-vowel words
    -ike is added to front-vowel words
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ika

  1. A distinguishable foreign word ending in nouns. In this role, it is not considerable as an independent Hungarian suffix.[2]
    logika (logic)
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ -ika in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ Attila Mártonfi: The System of the Hungarian Suffixes, Theses of PhD Dissertation, Budapest, 2006

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -ική (-ikḗ). Doublet of -ca and -yka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Syllabification: i‧ka

Suffix

-ika f

  1. -ics, typically causing antepenultimate stress, or pentulimate stress colloquially

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • -ika in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ika (Cyrillic spelling -ика)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a plant.

Derived terms

Swahili

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ika (mid vowel harmony variant -eka)

  1. stative suffix
    1. (after a verb) -able
      -nywa (to drink) + ‎-eka → ‎-nyweka (to be drinkable)
    2. (after a verb) to have undergone the action
      -maliza (to finish) + ‎-ika → ‎-malizika (to be finished)
      -haribu (to damage) + ‎-ika → ‎-haribika (to be damaged)
    3. (after an adjective or noun) to be or have a characteristic of
      imara (strong) + ‎-ika → ‎-imarika (to be strong)

Usage notes

This suffix is often similar in meaning to the passive suffix -wa, but it differs in that it cannot take an agent:

Kiti kimevunjwa na mtoto.The chair has been broken by the child.
Kiti kimevunjika.The chair is broken.

Derived terms