-ca

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

Azerbaijani

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U	E / Ə / İ / Ö / Ü
-ca	-cə

-ca

1. Form of -cə after the vowels A / I / O / U.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɒ]

Suffix

-ca

1. (diminutive suffix) Added to a noun or a proper noun to form a diminutive.

   ‎Teréz (“Teresa”) + ‎-ca → ‎Teca (“Tessa”)

Usage notes

• (diminutive suffix) Variants:

  -ca is added to back-vowel words

  -ce is added to front-vowel words

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ca

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-t͡sa/

Suffix

-ca m pers

1. forms agent nouns

   ‎mówic + ‎-ca → ‎mówca

Derived terms

Kashubian terms suffixed with -ca

Latin

Etymology 1

Declined forms of -cus (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• -ca: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka/, [kä]
• -ca: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka/, [kä]
• -cā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaː/, [käː]
• -cā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka/, [kä]

Suffix

-ca

1. inflection of -cus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Suffix

-cā

1. ablative feminine singular of -cus

Etymology 2

Declined forms of -cum (nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka/, [kä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka/, [kä]

Suffix

-ca n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of -cum

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *-ukō, from Proto-Germanic *-ukô, equivalent to -oc +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ/

Suffix

-ca

1. Creates concrete masculine nouns from adjectives or verbs, usually typifying a condition or state, or characterising a diminutive aspect.

Declension

Declension of -ca (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	-ca	-can
accusative	-can	-can
genitive	-can	-cena
dative	-can	-cum

Derived terms

Old English terms suffixed with -ca

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /t͡sa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /t͡sa/

Suffix

-ca m

1. forms agent nouns

   ‎prześladować + ‎-ca → ‎prześladowca

Derived terms

Old Polish terms suffixed with -ca

Descendants

• Polish: -ca
• Silesian: -ca

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish -ca, from Proto-Slavic *-ьca. Doublet of -ika and -yka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ca

Suffix

-ca m pers

1. forms agent nouns

   ‎dawać + ‎-ca → ‎dawca

Declension

Declension of -ca

	singular	plural
nominative	-ca	-cy/-ce (deprecative)
genitive	-cy	-ców
dative	-cy	-com
accusative	-cę	-ców
instrumental	-cą	-cami
locative	-cy	-cach
vocative	-co	-cy

Suffix

-ca f (masculine -ec, neuter -ce)

1. forms feminine nouns

   ‎Proto-Slavic *ovь + ‎-ca → ‎owca

Declension

Declension of -ca

	singular	plural
nominative	-ca	-ce
genitive	-cy	-c
dative	-cy	-com
accusative	-cę	-ce
instrumental	-cą	-cami
locative	-cy	-cach
vocative	-co	-ce

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -ca

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ca (Cyrillic spelling -ца)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually a diminutive form expressing endearment.

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -ca

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish -ca.

Suffix

-ca m pers (noun-forming suffix)

1. Forms agent nouns

   ‎mōwić + ‎-ca → ‎mōwca

Derived terms

Silesian terms suffixed with -ca

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـجه.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa/

Suffix

-ca

1. Form of -ce after the vowels A / I / O / U.

   ‎aptal (“idiot, idiotic”) + ‎-ca → ‎aptalca (“idiotically”)

   ‎İspanyol (“Spaniard, Spanish”) + ‎-ca → ‎İspanyolca (“Spanish language”, literally “like a Spaniard”)

   ‎İzlanda (“Iceland”) + ‎-ca → ‎İzlandaca (“Icelandic language”, literally “in the way of Iceland”)