-ика

See also: ика and Appendix:Variations of "ika"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ikɐ]
• Does not take stress.

Suffix

-ика • (-ika)

1. -ics (discipline, field of study)

   ‎акроба́т (akrobát) + ‎-ика (-ika) → ‎акроба́тика (akrobátika)

   ‎информа́ция (informácija) + ‎-ика (-ika) → ‎информа́тика (informátika)

   ‎иконо́мия (ikonómija) + ‎-ика (-ika) → ‎иконо́мика (ikonómika)

Russian

Suffix

-и́ка • (-íka)

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

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ика

беллетристика

гвоздика

голубика

ежевика

земляника

конкретика

костяника

повилика

черника

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ika/
• Does not take stress. The stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable of the derived word, and the stressed syllable is always short with rising tone.

Suffix

-ика (Latin spelling -ika)

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

   ‎бу́на (“rebellion”) + ‎-ика → ‎бу̀њика (“henbane”)

   ‎зѐлен (“green”) + ‎-ика → ‎зелѐника (“mock privet”)

   ‎ло̏во̄р (“laurel”) + ‎-ика → ‎лово̀рика (“laurel”)

   ‎па̏пар (“pepper”) + ‎-ика → ‎па̀прика (“bell pepper”)

   ‎Пе̏рун (“Perun”) + ‎-ика → ‎перу̀ника (“iris”)

   ‎ра̑сти (“to grow”) + ‎-ика → ‎ра̀штика (“collard”)

   ‎ро̀са (“dew”) + ‎-ика → ‎ро̀сика (“sundew”)

   ‎ста́бло (“tree trunk”) + ‎-ика → ‎ста̀бљика (“stalk”)

   ‎стр̑н (“stubble”) + ‎-ика → ‎стр̀њика (“stubble field”)

   ‎та̀мјан (“frankincense”) + ‎-ика → ‎тамја̀ника (“Tamjanika”)

   ‎ва̑рен (“boiled”) + ‎-ика → ‎варѐника (“boiled milk”)

   ‎сва̑ст (“sister-in-law”) + ‎-ика → ‎сва̀стика (“sister-in-law”)

   dévér + -ика → девѐрика (“bream”)

   Barbie + -ика → ба̀рбика

   Volks(wagen) + -ика → фо̀лцика (“Beetle, Bug”)

   Ана (female name) + -ика → Аника (female name)

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Derived from French -ique (in turn borrowed from Latin -icum) as substantivised feminine of the adjective.

Suffix

-́ика • (-́yka) f inan sg (variant -іка)

1. -ics (discipline, field of study)

   ‎акроба́т (akrobát) + ‎-ика (-yka) → ‎акроба́тика (akrobátyka)

   ‎інформа́ція (informácija) + ‎-ика (-yka) → ‎інформа́тика (informátyka)

Declension

Declension of -́ика
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	-́ика -́yka
genitive	-́ики -́yky
dative	-́иці -́yci
accusative	-́ику -́yku
instrumental	-́икою -́ykoju
locative	-́иці -́yci
vocative	-́ико -́yko

Derived terms

Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ика

акробатика

акустика

інформатика

україністика

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-и́ка • (-ýka) f

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a (berry) plant or animated subject.

Declension

Declension of -и́ка
(inan/pers hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	-и́ка -ýka	-и́ки -ýky
genitive	-и́ки -ýky	-и́к -ýk
dative	-и́ці -ýci	-и́кам -ýkam
accusative	-и́ку -ýku	-и́ки, -и́к -ýky, -ýk
instrumental	-и́кою -ýkoju	-и́ками -ýkamy
locative	-и́ці -ýci	-и́ках -ýkax
vocative	-и́ко -ýko	-и́ки -ýky

Derived terms

Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ика (comb)

владика

гвоздика

голубика

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix

-ика • (-yka) m

1. genitive/accusative singular of -ик (-yk)

References

• “ик”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]