-ica

From Latin -ica, neuter plural of -icus.

Note that etymologically this is not -ic + -a (“(plural ending)”), as -ic is the English form, having dropped the -um, though adding an -a to an English word ending in -ic does produce a superficial etymologically.

-ica

1. a collection of things that relate to a specific place, person, theme, etc.

   Synonyms: -ana, -iana, -ia

Rarely used; -ana and -ia are more common.

• ACI, C. I. A., C.I.A., CAI, CIA, Cai, Cai., Cài

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈi.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈi.ka]

-ica f

1. feminine singular of -ic

-ica

1. female equivalent of -icus

Borrowed from English -ics, French -ique, Italian -ica, Portuguese -ica/Spanish -ica, Russian -ика (-ika), all ultimately from Latin -icum, from -icus.

• IPA^(key): /ika/

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-ica

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a science of study; -ics

   ‎electron (“electron”) + ‎-ica → ‎electronica (“electronics”)

   ‎phonema (“phoneme”) + ‎-ica → ‎phonemica (“phonemics”)

   ‎gymnasta (“gymnast”) + ‎-ica → ‎gymnastica (“gymnastics”)

• The stressed syllable in words formed with -ica is the antepenult, i.e. the syllable prior to the suffix.
• A corresponding nominal suffix denoting a person occupied with the particular science or study is -ico while the corresponding adjectival suffix is -ic.

• Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

• -ica: (Classical) IPA^(key): /i.ka/, [ɪkä]
• -ica: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.ka/, [ikä]
• -icā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /i.kaː/, [ɪkäː]
• -icā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.ka/, [ikä]

-ica

1. inflection of -icus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

-icā

1. ablative feminine singular of -icus

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ica.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /it͡sa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /it͡sa/

-ica f

1. forms feminine nouns

• Polish: -ica

• -yca

Inherited from Old Polish -ica, from Proto-Slavic *-ica.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: i‧ca

-ica f

1. forms feminine nouns, especially pejoratives and augmentatives

   ‎lewo + ‎-ica → ‎lewica

• -ica in Polish dictionaries at PWN

-ica

1. feminine singular of -ico

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ica.

-ica (Cyrillic spelling -ица)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, commonly used for forming diminutives.
2. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine or feminine noun, usually a pejorative.
3. female equivalent of -ik

• IPA^(key): /ˈika/ [ˈi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: -i‧ca

-ica

1. feminine singular of -ico