-ица
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ica.
Pronunciation
- -ица: IPA(key): [ʲɪt͡sə]
- -и́ца: IPA(key): [ˈʲit͡sə]
Suffix
-ица or -и́ца • (-ica or -íca)
- feminine of -ик (-ik)
- лу́чн(ик) (lúčn(ik), “archer”) + -ица (-ica) → лу́чница (lúčnica, “female archer”)
- грибн(и́к) (gribn(ík), “mushroomer”) + -и́ца (-íca) → грибни́ца (gribníca, “female mushroomer”)
- feminine of -ец (-ec)
- краса́в(ец) (krasáv(ec), “handsome man”) + -ица (-ica) → краса́вица (krasávica, “beautiful woman”)
- forms diminutives of generally feminine nouns
- ро́жа (róža, “ugly mug, face (pejorative)”) + -ица (-ica) → ро́жица (róžica, “face (endearing)”)
- ро́ща (róšča, “copse, grove”) + -ица (-ica) → ро́щица (róščica, “small copse, small grove”)
- вода́ (vodá, “water”) + -и́ца (-íca) → води́ца (vodíca, “water (endearing)”)
- мете́ль (metélʹ, “blizzard, snowstorm”) + -ица (-ica) → мете́лица (metélica, “blizzard, snowstorm (poetic; diminutive or endearing)”)
- тряпьё (trjapʹjó, “rags”) + -и́ца (-íca) → тряпи́ца (trjapíca, “small rag (colloquial)”)
- forms abstract nouns from adjectives
- forms abstract nouns from prefixes + nouns
- без- (bez-, “without”) + рабо́та (rabóta, “work”) + -ица (-ica) → безрабо́тица (bezrabótica, “unemployment”)
- пере- (pere-, “re-”) + сорт (sort, “grade”) + -ица (-ica) → пересо́ртица (peresórtica, “regrading (of goods)”)
- рас- (ras-, “away”) + путь (putʹ, “road”) + -ица (-ica) → распу́тица (raspútica, “season of impassable roads”)
- forms nouns referring to plants, animals, tools or other objects from nouns and adjectives
- мо́крый (mókryj, “wet”) + -и́ца (-íca) → мокри́ца (mokríca, “woodlouse, sowbug”)
- у́гольный (úgolʹnyj, “coal (relational)”) + -ица (-ica) → у́гольница (úgolʹnica, “firepan”)
- я́года (jágoda, “berry”) + -ица (-ica) → я́годица (jágodica, “buttock; (dialectal) cheekbone; (dialectal) nipple”) (from the round shape of the berry)
Declension
Declension of -ица, -и́ца (bian fem-form ц-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | -ица, -и́ца -ica, -íca |
-ицы, -и́цы -icy, -ícy |
genitive | -ицы, -и́цы -icy, -ícy |
-иц, -и́ц -ic, -íc |
dative | -ице, -и́це -ice, -íce |
-ицам, -и́цам -icam, -ícam |
accusative animate inanimate |
-ицу, -и́цу -icu, -ícu |
-иц, -и́ц -ic, -íc |
-ицы, -и́цы -icy, -ícy | ||
instrumental | -ицей, -ицею, -и́цей, -и́цею -icej, -iceju, -ícej, -íceju |
-ицами, -и́цами -icami, -ícami |
prepositional | -ице, -и́це -ice, -íce |
-ицах, -и́цах -icax, -ícax |
Derived terms
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ica.
Suffix
-ица (Latin spelling -ica)
- Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, commonly used for forming diminutives.
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine or feminine noun, usually a pejorative.
- Feminine form of -ик.
Derived terms
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