See also: nik, Nik, -nik-, -ník, ŋɪ́k, and ȵik⁷

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From the Slavic suffix represented by Russian -ник (-nik). This suffix experienced a surge in English coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the 1957 Soviet launch of the first Sputnik satellite. English usage is heavily influenced by Yiddish usage of ־ניק(-nik) and similar borrowed words (nogoodnik, nudnik, kibbutznik).

SuffixEdit

-nik

  1. 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 termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • Kabakchi, V. V.; Doyle, Charles Clay (Autumn 1990), “Of Sputniks, Beatniks, and Nogoodniks”, in American Speech[1], volume 65, issue 3, JSTOR 455919, pages 275-278

AnagramsEdit

BasqueEdit

Alternative formsEdit

ConjunctionEdit

-nik

  1. Negative polarity item used to form relative clauses, that
    Ez dut esan etorriko direnik.I didn't say that they'll come.

Usage notesEdit

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.

EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

(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).

SuffixEdit

-nik (genitive -niku, partitive -nikku)

  1. Forms occupational agent nouns. (non-productive)
    kiri (text) + ‎-nik → ‎kirjanik (writer)
    aed (garden) + ‎-nik → ‎aednik (gardener)
    kunst (art) + ‎-nik → ‎kunstnik (artist)

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Lower SorbianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *-nikъ.

PronunciationEdit

SuffixEdit

-nik m

  1. Forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device; -er
    rězaś (to cut) + ‎-nik → ‎rěznik (butcher)

DeclensionEdit

Animate nouns:

Inanimate nouns:

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OjibweEdit

NounEdit

-nik (plural -nikan, obligatorily possessed)

  1. arm

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PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-nikъ.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɲik/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Syllabification: nik

SuffixEdit

-nik m

  1. Forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device; -er
    rola + ‎-nik → ‎rolnik

DeclensionEdit

Personal nouns:

Impersonal nouns:

Derived termsEdit

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Further readingEdit

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

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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).

SuffixEdit

-nik (Cyrillic spelling -ник)

  1. Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a professional, performer, adherent, place, object, tool or a feature.

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ReferencesEdit

  • Skok, Petar (1971) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume I, Zagreb: JAZU, page 515