-nik
English edit
Etymology edit
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).
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 edit
Further 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 edit
Basque edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From -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 edit
Etymology 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) | |||
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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 edit
Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *-nikъ.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-nik m
- Forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device; -er
Declension edit
Animate nouns:
Inanimate nouns:
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- -nica f
Ojibwe edit
Noun 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 edit
References edit
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ninik-nid
Old Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-nikъ.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-nik m
- forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
Derived terms edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish -nik
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-nik m
- forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device; -er
Declension edit
Personal nouns:
Impersonal nouns:
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited 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 edit
Related terms edit
References 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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