fika
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fika (usually uncountable, plural fikas)
- The practice of taking a break from daily activities or meeting with people to enjoy pastries and drinks, typically coffee.
- Synonym: coffee break
- 2015, Anna Brones, Johanna Kindvall, Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break, with Recipes for Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats, page 3:
- Fika can be done anytime, anywhere, and with anyone.
- 2016, Melissa Bahen, Scandinavian Gatherings: From Afternoon Fika to Midsummer Feast: 70 Simple Recipes & Crafts for Everyday Celebrations, page 65:
- Fika is casual by nature, so there's no need to get fancy.
- 2018, Lynda Balslev, The Little Book of Fika: The Uplifting Daily Ritual of the Swedish Coffee Break, page 7:
- Today, fika is a necessary component to work-life balance.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fika.
Anagrams edit
Esperanto edit
Alternative forms edit
- f*ka (censored)
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fika (accusative singular fikan, plural fikaj, accusative plural fikajn)
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin fīca (“fig”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree”), from a pre-Indo European language, perhaps Phoenician 𐤐𐤂 (pg, “ripe fig”); see fig for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fika f (genitive singular fiku, plural fikur)
Declension edit
Declension of fika | ||||
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f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fika | fikan | fikur | fikurnar |
accusative | fiku | fikuna | fikur | fikurnar |
dative | fiku | fikuni | fikum | fikunum |
genitive | fiku | fikunnar | fika | fikanna |
Derived terms edit
Fijian edit
Noun edit
fika
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fika (plural fikák)
- (dialectal or informal) snot, booger (a piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril)
- Synonym: takony
- (dialectal) little child or young student
- (dialectal, archaic, derogatory) common soldier
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | fika | fikák |
accusative | fikát | fikákat |
dative | fikának | fikáknak |
instrumental | fikával | fikákkal |
causal-final | fikáért | fikákért |
translative | fikává | fikákká |
terminative | fikáig | fikákig |
essive-formal | fikaként | fikákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | fikában | fikákban |
superessive | fikán | fikákon |
adessive | fikánál | fikáknál |
illative | fikába | fikákba |
sublative | fikára | fikákra |
allative | fikához | fikákhoz |
elative | fikából | fikákból |
delative | fikáról | fikákról |
ablative | fikától | fikáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
fikáé | fikáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
fikáéi | fikákéi |
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | fikám | fikáim |
2nd person sing. | fikád | fikáid |
3rd person sing. | fikája | fikái |
1st person plural | fikánk | fikáink |
2nd person plural | fikátok | fikáitok |
3rd person plural | fikájuk | fikáik |
Derived terms edit
Luba-Kasai edit
Verb edit
fika
- to arrive
Further reading edit
- fika 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
Northern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Verb edit
-fika
- to arrive
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This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
fika f
Phuthi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Verb edit
-fika
- to arrive
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This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
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fika
Southern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Verb edit
-fika
- to arrive
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Verb edit
-fika (infinitive kufika)
- to arrive
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Derived terms edit
Swazi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Verb edit
-fika
- to arrive
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
This sense is attested in writing from 1910.[1] One possible explanation is that the word is formed by backslang of the syllables in the dialectal word kaffi (“coffee”), from Dutch koffie or a similar source. Another possible etymology is that it is derived from the older verb fika (desire, crave - see etymology 2), in the sense of craving something sweet.
Noun edit
fika c or n
- having coffee, tea, saft (“cordial, squash”), or the like, usually with cookies, pastries, or other (sweet) snacks, usually with others, as a social activity
- 1991, Lars Pålsson Syll, Samhälleliga val, värde och exploatering. En ekonomisk-filosofisk kritik, page 90:
- Om Nils är koffeinist, kommer han att föredra fikan med mest kaffe, oberoende av hur många kakor som kan ingå i alternativen.
- If Nils is a caffeineist, he'll prefer the fika with the most coffee, independent of how many biscuits that may be included in the alternatives.
- a coffee (or tea, etc.) break, when taking a break to do the above
Usage notes edit
Sometimes at more or less fixed times of the day, for example mid-morning or mid-afternoon, similar to English afternoon tea.
Declension edit
Declension of fika | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fika | fikan | fikor | fikorna |
Genitive | fikas | fikans | fikors | fikornas |
Declension of fika | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fika | fikat | fikan | fikana |
Genitive | fikas | fikats | fikans | fikanas |
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
fika (present fikar, preterite fikade, supine fikat, imperative fika)
- to have fika; to have coffee
- De är det fikande folket.
- They are the people that enjoy fika.
- 2000, Arne Dahl, Upp till toppen av berget:
- Det var strax efter lunchtid, och man fikade för tredje gången denna torsdag.
- It was right after lunchtime, and one had fika for the third time this thursday.
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | fika | fikas | ||
Supine | fikat | fikats | ||
Imperative | fika | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | fiken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | fikar | fikade | fikas | fikades |
Ind. plural1 | fika | fikade | fikas | fikades |
Subjunctive2 | fike | fikade | fikes | fikades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | fikande | |||
Past participle | fikad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ fika in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
Etymology 2 edit
Attested in writing from 1527. From Old Swedish fikia (“to hurry, to eagerly strive for”). Related to Danish fige, dialectal Norwegian fikia, Icelandic fíkjask. According to Svenska Akademiens ordbok, it might be related to the Norwegian verb fika (“to eagerly move ones arms back and forth”) and German ficken (“to rub”).[1]
Verb edit
fika (present fikar, preterite fikade, supine fikat, imperative fika)
- (archaic) to strive for, to work hard; to desire, often with the preposition efter
- att fika efter makt ― to strive for power
- 1917, “Ordspråksboken 28:20 [Book of Proverbs 28:20]”, in 1917 års kyrkobibel [Church Bible of 1917]:
- En redlig man får mycken välsignelse; men den som fikar efter att varda rik, kan bliver icke ostraffad.
- An honorable man get much blessing; but the one who strives to get rich, may not remain unpunished.
- (archaic) to hurry
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | fika | fikas | ||
Supine | fikat | fikats | ||
Imperative | fika | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | fiken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | fikar | fikade | fikas | fikades |
Ind. plural1 | fika | fikade | fikas | fikades |
Subjunctive2 | fike | fikade | fikes | fikades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | fikande | |||
Past participle | fikad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms edit
References edit
Ternate edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fika
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Verb edit
-fika
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-pìka.
Verb edit
-fika
- (intransitive) to arrive, to reach [+locative]
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “fika”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “fika (6.3)”