-ina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ina"

Translingual

Suffix

-ina

1. (taxonomy) Used to form names of subtribes of animals
2. (taxonomy) Used to form names of suborders of animals
3. (taxonomy) Used to form names of taxa subordinate to the higher rank from which they are derived
4. (taxonomy) Used to form names of genera from other genera indicating a smaller size of organism

Derived terms

• See Category:Translingual words suffixed with -ina

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Asturian

Suffix

-ina f

1. -y (forming diminutives of feminine nouns)

Related terms

• -ín

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ina f

1. feminine singular of -í

Derived terms

Catalan words suffixed with -ina

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ina f

1. -ine (used to form names of chemical substances)

Derived terms

Catalan words suffixed with -ina

Further reading

• “-ina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “-ina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪna]
• Rhymes: -ɪna

Suffix

-ina f

1. noun forming suffix

   ‎pustý + ‎-ina → ‎pustina

   ‎list + ‎-ina → ‎listina

   ‎kráva + ‎-ina → ‎kravina

Derived terms

Czech words suffixed with -ina

Further reading

• Substantiva tvořená příponou -ina, Naše řeč (1938)
• -ina in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English -ine, French -ine, Italian -ina, Portuguese -ina/Spanish -ina, all ultimately from Latin -īna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈina/

Suffix

-ina

1. (chemistry) forms nouns from nouns, denoting a technical term for a substance; container

   ‎caseo (“cheese”) + ‎-ina → ‎caseina (“caseine”)

   ‎globulo (“globule”) + ‎-ina → ‎globulino (“globuline”)

   ‎vacca (“cow”) + ‎-ina → ‎vaccina (“vaccine”)

Derived terms

Category Interlingua words suffixed with -ina not found

References

• Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin -īna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: -ì‧na

Suffix

-ina f (plural -ine)

1. Alterative suffix used to form diminutives of feminine nouns.

   ‎mano (“hand”) + ‎-ina → ‎manina (“small hand”)

   ‎coperta (“blanket”) + ‎-ina → ‎copertina (“cover”)

2. Derivational suffix used to form adjectives or nouns, specifically:
   1. Used to form the feminine of masculine nouns and given names.

      ‎eroe (“hero”) + ‎-ina → ‎eroina (“heroine”)

      ‎Giuseppe + ‎-ina → ‎Giuseppina

   2. Used to form collective numerals.

      ‎cinquanta (“fifty”) + ‎-ina → ‎cinquantina (“a total of about fifty”)

   3. Used to derive nouns denoting a profession.

      ‎Croce Rossa (“Red Cross”) + ‎-ina → ‎crocerossina (“Red Cross nurse”)

   4. Used to derive adjectives and nouns denoting an ethnic or geographical origin.

      ‎Alessandria (“Alessandria”; “Alexandria”) + ‎-ina → ‎alessandrina

   5. Used to derive adjectives denoting composition, color or other qualities.

      ‎smeraldo (“emerald”) + ‎-ina → ‎smeraldina (“emerald (relational); emerald green”)

3. (chemistry) Used to form names of chemical substances; -ine

Derived terms

Italian words suffixed with -ina

See also

• -etta
• -uccia

Anagrams

• ain, ani

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Latin

Suffix

-īna

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

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Maori

Suffix

-ina

1. passive ending (used for words ending in 'a')

Derived terms

Maori words suffixed with -ina

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Polish

Alternative forms

• -yna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.na/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: i‧na

Suffix

-ina f

1. (obsolete) Appended to nouns or proper nouns, often surnames to form nouns meaning: wife of
2. (obsolete) Appended to animals to mean meat of
3. (obsolete) Appended to trees to form nouns meaning: forest of
4. Forms feminine nouns of various meanings

Declension

Declension of -ina

	singular	plural
nominative	-ina	-iny
genitive	-iny	-in
dative	-inie	-inom
accusative	-inę	-iny
instrumental	-iną	-inami
locative	-inie	-inach
vocative	-ino	-iny

Synonyms

• -owa

Derived terms

Polish words suffixed with -ina

Further reading

• -ina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• -ina in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ina.

Suffix

-ina (Cyrillic spelling -ина)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine nouns.
2. Suffix appended to words to create a possessive form of feminine nouns.
3. Suffix appended to noun roots to form an augmentative (the resulting noun is always feminine) frequently with pejorative or negative connotation.

Declension

Declension of -ina

	singular	plural
nominative	-ina	-ine
genitive	-ine	-ina
dative	-ini	-inama
accusative	-inu	-ine
vocative	-ino	-ine
locative	-ini	-inama
instrumental	-inom	-inama

See also

• -arina
• -enina

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ina/, /-ìːna/

Suffix

-ina or -ína f

1. added to adjectives to form an abstract noun

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Spanish

Etymology

From French -ine.

Suffix

-ina f

1. (chemistry) -ine
2. (biochemistry) -in
3. a diminutive suffix for feminine nouns or adjectives

Derived terms

Spanish words suffixed with -ina

Further reading

• “-ina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014