-cida

See also: cida and Cida

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -cīda, from the base of caedō (“to cut, strike, kill”).

Suffix

-cida m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -cides)

1. -cide (denoting a person or substance that kills)

Suffix

-cida m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -cides)

1. -cidal

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -cida

Related terms

• -cidi

Galician

Etymology

From Latin -cīda, from the base of caedō (“I cut, strike, kill”).

Suffix

-cida m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -cidas)

1. -cide (denoting a person or substance that kills)

Suffix

-cida m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -cidas)

1. -cidal

Derived terms

From

Galician terms suffixed with -cida

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Related terms

• -cidio

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -cīda, from the base of caedō (“to cut, strike, kill”).

Suffix

-cida m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, masculine plural -cidi, feminine plural -cide)

1. -cide (denoting a person or substance that kills)

Suffix

-cida (adjective-forming suffix, masculine plural -cidi, feminine plural -cide)

1. -cidal

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -cida

Related terms

• -cidio

Anagrams

• Ciad, cadi, cadì, dica

Latin

Etymology

caedō (“to cut, hew, kill”) +‎ -a (suffix forming masculine agent nouns)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.da/, [ˈkiːd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.da/, [ˈt͡ʃiːd̪ä]

Suffix

-cīda m (genitive -cīdae); first declension

1. Noun-forming suffix denoting “one who kills” or “one who cuts” from noun stems.

Usage notes

• All derived terms are masculine or common despite their use of the first declension.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-cīda	-cīdae
Genitive	-cīdae	-cīdārum
Dative	-cīdae	-cīdīs
Accusative	-cīdam	-cīdās
Ablative	-cīdā	-cīdīs
Vocative	-cīda	-cīdae

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -cida

• -cīdium

Descendants

• English: -cide (merged with -cīdium)
• French: -cide
• Spanish: -cida

References

• “-cīda” on page 344/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -cīda, from the base of caedō (“to cut, to strike, to kill”).

Suffix

-cida m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -cidas)

1. -cide (killer of)

   ‎fungo (“fungus”) + ‎-cida → ‎fungicida (“fungicide”)

Usage notes

Masculine when referring to males and things, feminine when referring to females.

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -cida

Related terms

• -cídio

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -cīda, from the base of caedō (“to cut, strike, kill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθida/ [ˈθi.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsida/ [ˈsi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: -ci‧da

Suffix

-cida m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -cidas)

1. -cide (denoting a person that kills)

Suffix

-cida m (noun-forming suffix, plural -cidas)

1. -cide (denoting a substance that kills)

Suffix

-cida m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -cidas)

1. -cidal

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -cida

Related terms

• -cidio

 

Further reading

• “-cida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16