-nīca
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic -ница (-nica) (as in words such as Russian больница (bolʹnica, “hospital”)).[1]
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.