-nica

See also: nica, Nica, Nicà, Nică, Niça, and -nīca

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʲit͡sa/

Suffix

-nica f

1. female equivalent of -nik

   ‎wuknik + ‎-nica → ‎wuknica

Declension

Declension of -nica

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-nica	-nicy	-nice
Genitive	-nice	-nicowu	-nicow
Dative	-nicy	-nicoma	-nicam
Accusative	-nicu	-nicy	-nice
Instrumental	-nicu	-nicoma	-nicami
Locative	-nicy	-nicoma	-nicach

Derived terms

Lower Sorbian terms suffixed with -nica

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьnica, from Proto-Slavic *-nь + *-ica.

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-nica f

1. forms feminine nouns

   ‎pokładać + ‎-nica → ‎pokładnica

Derived terms

Old Polish terms suffixed with -nica

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish -nica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲi.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: ni‧ca

Suffix

-nica f

1. female equivalent of -nik

   Synonym: -iczka

   ‎pracownik + ‎-nica → ‎pracownica

2. female equivalent of -eń

   ‎uczeń + ‎-nica → ‎uczennica

3. forms feminine nouns

   ‎mydło + ‎-nica → ‎mydlnica

Declension

Declension of -nica

	singular	plural
nominative	-nica	-nice
genitive	-nicy	-nic
dative	-nicy	-nicom
accusative	-nicę	-nice
instrumental	-nicą	-nicami
locative	-nicy	-nicach
vocative	-nico	-nice

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -nica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From -nik +‎ -a.

Suffix

-nica (Cyrillic spelling -ница)

1. female equivalent of -nik