-nik
English
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Etymology
editFrom the Slavic suffix represented by Russian -ник (-nik). This suffix experienced a surge in English coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the Soviet launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957. Its usage in English is heavily influenced by Yiddish usage of ־ניק (-nik) and similar borrowed words (nogoodnik, nudnik, kibbutznik).
Suffix
edit-nik
- Creates a nickname for a person who exemplifies, endorses, or is associated with the thing or quality specified (by the base form), often a particular ideology or preference.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Kabakchi, V. V. with Doyle, Charles Clay (1990 Autumn) “Of Sputniks, Beatniks, and Nogoodniks”, in American Speech[1], volume 65, number 3, →JSTOR, pages 275-278
Anagrams
editBasque
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom -n (“that”) + -ik (partitive suffix).
Conjunction
edit-nik
- Negative polarity item used to form relative clauses, that
- Ez dut esan etorriko direnik. ― I didn't say that they'll come.
Usage notes
edit- The form taken by this clitic depends on the ending of the verbal form to which it is attached, see the usage notes at -n.
Estonian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Ingrian -nikka, Latvian -nieks and Russian -ник (-nik).
Suffix
edit-nik (genitive -niku, partitive -nikku)
- Forms occupational agent nouns. (non-productive)
Declension
edit| Declension of -nik (ÕS type 25/õnnelik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -nik | -nikud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | -niku | ||
| genitive | -nike -nikkude | ||
| partitive | -nikku | -nikke -nikkusid | |
| illative | -nikku -nikusse |
-nikesse -nikkudesse | |
| inessive | -nikus | -nikes -nikkudes | |
| elative | -nikust | -nikest -nikkudest | |
| allative | -nikule | -nikele -nikkudele | |
| adessive | -nikul | -nikel -nikkudel | |
| ablative | -nikult | -nikelt -nikkudelt | |
| translative | -nikuks | -nikeks -nikkudeks | |
| terminative | -nikuni | -nikeni -nikkudeni | |
| essive | -nikuna | -nikena -nikkudena | |
| abessive | -nikuta | -niketa -nikkudeta | |
| comitative | -nikuga | -nikega -nikkudega | |
Derived terms
editLower Sorbian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *-nikъ.
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-nik m
- Forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device; -er
Declension
editAnimate nouns:
Inanimate nouns:
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- -nica f
Ojibwe
editNoun
edit-nik (plural -nikan, obligatorily possessed)
Derived terms
edit- gichinik (“right hand”)
- ginik (“your arm”)
- ingodonik (“one arm; one armlength”)
- jiiskinikebizon (“bracelet; garter”)
- midaasonik (“ten arms; ten armlengths”)
- minikeyaab (“armband; bracelet”)
- ninik (“my arm”)
- onik (“his arm”)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ninik-nid
Old Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *-nikъ.
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-nik m
- forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Polish: -nik
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish -nik
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-nik m
- forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device; -er
Declension
editPersonal nouns:
Impersonal nouns:
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *-nikъ, *-ьnikъ, itself originally by nominalization of adjectives in *-ьnъ with the suffix *-ikъ (whence -ik). The suffix originates from the Proto-Balto-Slavic period; compare with dialectal Lithuanian lauk-inykas (“peasant, farmer”) (from laũkas (“field”)) and Old Prussian lauk-inikis (“vassal”).
Suffix
edit-nik (Cyrillic spelling -ник)
- Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a professional, performer, adherent, place, object, tool or a feature.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- Skok, Petar (1971) “-nik”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 515
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