cica

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See also: ciča, čiča, -čica, and číča

Hungarian

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cica

Etymology

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From cic (the sound for calling a cat) +‎ -a (diminutive suffix).[1][2] First attested in 1639.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cica (plural cicák)

  1. kitten
    Synonyms: macska, kismacska, cicus, cicamica, kiscica

Declension

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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

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ 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.)
  2. ^ cica in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably derived from Latin ciccum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: cì‧ca

Noun

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cica f (plural ciche)

  1. nothing

Adverb

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cica

  1. not at all

Further reading

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  • 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

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Probably from a sound of calling a cat, ts, ts, spelled c, c in Slovak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cica f (genitive singular cice, nominative plural cice, genitive plural cíc, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. kitten

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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, 2024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθika/ [ˈθi.ka]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsika/ [ˈsi.ka]
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Syllabification: ci‧ca

Etymology 1

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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

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cica f (plural cicas)

  1. money bag
    Synonym: monedero

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύϊξ (kúïx, name of a certain bulbous plant), according to the RAE.

Noun

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cica f (plural cicas)

  1. sago palm, particularly Cycas revoluta

Further reading

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