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Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic -ница (-nica) (as in words such as Russian больница (bolʹnica, “hospital”)).[1] Doublet of -niece.
Suffix
-nīca
- Added to nouns and adjectives to derive nouns of places and also some objects (usually "collections of" something), related to (e.g., useful for) the meaning of the original noun.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Forssman, Berthold. 2001. Lettische Grammatik (Dettelbach: Verlag J. H. Röll GmbH) →ISBN, page {{{1}}}.