-иця
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Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ica.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-иця or -и́ця • (-ycja or -ýcja) f
- female equivalent of -ець (-ecʹ)
- forms diminutives of generally feminine nouns
- forms abstract nouns from adjectives
- forms writing system names from nouns and adjectives
- Кири́ло (Kyrýlo, “St. Cyril”) + -иця (-ycja) → кири́лиця (kyrýlycja, “Cyrillic script”)
- ара́бський (arábsʹkyj, “Arabic”) + -иця (-ycja) → ара́биця (arábycja, “Arabic script”)
- forms nouns referring to plants, animals, tools or other objects from nouns and adjectives
Declension
[edit]Declension of -и́ця (inan soft fem-form accent-a)
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Ukrainian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ukrainian lemmas
- Ukrainian suffixes
- Ukrainian noun-forming suffixes
- Ukrainian feminine suffixes
- Ukrainian female equivalent suffixes
- Ukrainian soft feminine-form nouns
- Ukrainian soft feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a