-ică
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Romanian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *-ъka, compare Albanian -kë.
Suffix
[edit]-ică f (plural -ici)
- forms diminutives
- forms female equivalents
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from French -ique, Italian -ica.
Suffix
[edit]-ică f (uncountable)
- forms abstact nouns for fields of knowledge. -ics, -istics
- dentist (“dentist”) + -ică → dentistică (“dentistry”)