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Meaning of -ика | Babel Free

Phrase
-ika

Definitions

Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a plant.

morpheme

Equivalents

العربية ـِيَّات
Čeština -ie -ika
Cymraeg -eg
Deutsch -ik
English -ics -ics
Suomi -iikka
Français -ique
Hrvatski -ik -ika -ика
Magyar -ika
日本語
Kurdî -ik
Polski -ika -yka
Русский -ика
Српски -ik -ika -ика
Українська -ика -іка

Examples

“бу́на (“rebellion”) + -ика → бу̀њика (“henbane”)”
“зѐлен (“green”) + -ика → зелѐника (“mock privet”)”
“ло̏во̄р (“laurel”) + -ика → лово̀рика (“laurel”)”
“па̏пар (“pepper”) + -ика → па̀прика (“bell pepper”)”
“Пе̏рун (“Perun”) + -ика → перу̀ника (“iris”)”
“ра̑сти (“to grow”) + -ика → ра̀штика (“collard”)”
“ро̀са (“dew”) + -ика → ро̀сика (“sundew”)”
“ста́бло (“tree trunk”) + -ика → ста̀бљика (“stalk”)”
“стр̑н (“stubble”) + -ика → стр̀њика (“stubble field”)”
“та̀мјан (“frankincense”) + -ика → тамја̀ника (“Tamjanika”)”
“ва̑рен (“boiled”) + -ика → варѐника (“boiled milk”)”
“сва̑ст (“sister-in-law”) + -ика → сва̀стика (“sister-in-law”)”
“dévér + -ика → девѐрика (“bream”)”
“Barbie + -ика → ба̀рбика”
“Volks(wagen) + -ика → фо̀лцика (“Beetle, Bug”)”
“Ана (female name) + -ика → Аника (female name)”

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