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-ika

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See also: ika, ikä, ĩka, and -iką

Czech

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Suffix

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-ika f (noun-forming suffix)

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

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Further reading

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  • -ika in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Suffix

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-ika

  1. (diminutive suffix) Added to a noun to express smallness, youth, or endearment.
    láda (box) + ‎-ika → ‎ládika (small box)
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  • (diminutive suffix) Variants:
    -ika is added to back-vowel words
    -ike is added to front-vowel words
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Etymology 2

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Suffix

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-ika

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

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  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

Ladino

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Suffix

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-ika

  1. feminine of -iko

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -ική (-ikḗ).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈi.ka/
    • Rhymes: -ika
    • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

    Suffix

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    -ika f

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

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    Further reading

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    • -ika in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Pronunciation

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    • 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

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    -ika (Cyrillic spelling -ика)

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

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    Swahili

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    Suffix

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    -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)

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    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.

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