cica
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cica
Hungarian
Etymology
From cic (the sound for calling a cat) + -a (diminutive suffix).[1][2] First attested in 1639.
Pronunciation
Noun
cica (plural cicák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | cica | cicák |
| accusative | cicát | cicákat |
| dative | cicának | cicáknak |
| instrumental | cicával | cicákkal |
| causal-final | cicáért | cicákért |
| translative | cicává | cicákká |
| terminative | cicáig | cicákig |
| essive-formal | cicaként | cicákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | cicában | cicákban |
| superessive | cicán | cicákon |
| adessive | cicánál | cicáknál |
| illative | cicába | cicákba |
| sublative | cicára | cicákra |
| allative | cicához | cicákhoz |
| elative | cicából | cicákból |
| delative | cicáról | cicákról |
| ablative | cicától | cicáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
cicáé | cicáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
cicáéi | cicákéi |
| Possessive forms of cica | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | cicám | cicáim |
| 2nd person sing. | cicád | cicáid |
| 3rd person sing. | cicája | cicái |
| 1st person plural | cicánk | cicáink |
| 2nd person plural | cicátok | cicáitok |
| 3rd person plural | cicájuk | cicáik |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
- ^ cica 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.)
- ^ cica in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- cica in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- cica in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably derived from Latin ciccum.
Pronunciation
Noun
cica f (plural ciche)
Adverb
cica
Further reading
- cica1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- cica2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Slovak
Etymology
Probably from a sound of calling a cat, ts, ts, spelled c, c in Slovak.
Pronunciation
Noun
cica f (diminutive cicka or cicuľka or cicuška)
Declension
Declension of cica (pattern ulica)
Further reading
- “cica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθika/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsika/
- Rhymes: -ika
- Syllabification: ci‧ca
Etymology 1
Unknown. Coromines and Pascual, citing Eguílaz, suggest a variant of Arabic كِيس (kīs, “bag”) with the feminine marker ـة (-a), with a metathesis of the consonants that is said to be "frequent" in spoken Arabic, cognate to Moroccan Arabic كِيسة (kīsa, “bag”), and Old Galician-Portuguese aciqua (“bag”). First attested in the early 17th century.
Noun
cica f (plural cicas)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύϊξ (kúïx, “name of a certain bulbous plant”), according to the RAE.
Noun
cica f (plural cicas)
- sago palm, particularly Cycas revoluta
Further reading
- Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1984) “cicatero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 63
- “cica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10