"-ica" meaning in Proto-Slavic

See -ica in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: By secondary thematicization of older consonant-stem, e.g. * post-Proto-Indo-European *musī (“fly”) (cf. Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa), Latin musca) > Pre-Slavic *mus-ī-k- > *mux-ī-k-ā > Common Slavic *mъšica (“fly”). * post-Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”) (cf. Proto-Germanic *wulgī) > Pre-Slavic *vilk-ī-k- > *vilč-ī-k-ā > Common Slavic *vьlčica (“she-wolf”) This is comparable to the treatment of ī/ih₂-stems in Latin, in the suffix -trīx, compare: * Latin genitrīx (“mother”) : Sanskrit जनित्री (jánitrī, “mother”), Ancient Greek γενέτειρα (genéteira). The primary function in PIE, also retained in Proto-Slavic, was thus to create feminines, substantivized feminine adjectives. The diminutive function is closely related to the structural element */-k-ā/, and has parallels in other suffixes: *-ьka, *-ъka, *-ika, *-ьkъ, *-ъkъ. Etymology templates: {{cog|ine-pro||*musī|t=fly}} Proto-Indo-European *musī (“fly”), {{cog|grc|μυῖα}} Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa), {{cog|la|musca}} Latin musca, {{cog|ine-pro|*wl̥kʷíh₂s|t=she-wolf}} Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”), {{cog|gem-pro|*wulgī}} Proto-Germanic *wulgī Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun}} Forms: m [sometimes], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ica [nominative, singular], -ici [dual, nominative], -icę̇ [nominative, plural], -icę̇ [genitive, singular], -icu [dual, genitive], -icь [genitive, plural], -ici [dative, singular], -icama [dative, dual], -icamъ [dative, plural], -icǫ [accusative, singular], -ici [accusative, dual], -icę̇ [accusative, plural], -icejǫ [instrumental, singular], -icǫ [instrumental, singular], -icama [dual, instrumental], -icami [instrumental, plural], -ici [locative, singular], -icu [dual, locative], -icasъ [locative, plural], -icaxъ [locative, plural], -ice [singular, vocative], -ici [dual, vocative], -icę̇ [plural, vocative]
  1. Denominal, forming diminutives. Tags: feminine, morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--ica-sla-pro-suffix--crAYxT~
  2. Denominal, forming feminine counterparts of masculine nouns. Tags: feminine, morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--ica-sla-pro-suffix-MLLwjd5k
  3. Denominal, forming nouns denoting something related to the meaning of the baseword. Tags: feminine, morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--ica-sla-pro-suffix-jpqdzl7l
  4. Deadjectival, denoting a carrier of a property. Tags: feminine, morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--ica-sla-pro-suffix-InNkQB2n
  5. (rare) Deadjectival, forming abstract nouns. Tags: feminine, morpheme, rare, reconstruction Synonyms (in some of the functions): -ьka, -ъka, -ika [sometimes]
    Sense id: en--ica-sla-pro-suffix-0VcRWGvc Categories (other): Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 14 9 9 10 33 25 Disambiguation of 'in some of the functions': 14 18 16 13 24 15
  6. (rare) Deverbal, forming agent nouns and nomina instrumenti. Tags: feminine, morpheme, rare, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--ica-sla-pro-suffix-V7mHD~-C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -ьnica (alt: with *-ьn- element abstracted away from denominal derivations on *-ьnъ), -avica (alt: with *-av- element abstracted away from agent nouns on *-ava and adjectives on *-avъ) Related terms: -ikъ [masculine]

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "with *-ьn- element abstracted away from denominal derivations on *-ьnъ",
      "word": "-ьnica"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "with *-av- element abstracted away from agent nouns on *-ava and adjectives on *-avъ",
      "word": "-avica"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "orv",
            "2": "-ица"
          },
          "expansion": "Old East Slavic: -ица (-ica)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old East Slavic: -ица (-ica)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zle-ort",
            "2": "-ица"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Ruthenian: -ица (-ica)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Ruthenian: -ица (-ica)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "-іца"
          },
          "expansion": "Belarusian: -іца (-ica)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Belarusian: -іца (-ica)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "-иця"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: -иця (-ycja)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: -иця (-ycja)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "-ица"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: -ица (-ica)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: -ица (-ica)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Church Slavonic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "-ⰹⱌⰰ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Glagolitic script: -ⰹⱌⰰ (-ica)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Glagolitic script: -ⰹⱌⰰ (-ica)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "-ица",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Cyrillic script: -ица (-ica)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Cyrillic script: -ица (-ica)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-ица",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: -ица",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: -ица"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-ica",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: -ica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: -ica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "-ica"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovene: -ica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovene: -ica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "ـیچه",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "-içe"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: ـیچه (-içe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: ـیچه (-içe)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "-ice"
          },
          "expansion": "Czech: -ice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Czech: -ice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "-ca"
          },
          "expansion": "Kashubian: -ca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kashubian: -ca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "-ica",
            "3": "-yca"
          },
          "expansion": "Polish: -ica, -yca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Polish: -ica, -yca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "-ica"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovak: -ica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovak: -ica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-slv",
            "2": "-ica"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovincian: -ica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovincian: -ica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sorbian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "-ica"
          },
          "expansion": "Lower Sorbian: -ica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lower Sorbian: -ica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hsb",
            "2": "-ica"
          },
          "expansion": "Upper Sorbian: -ica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Upper Sorbian: -ica"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*musī",
        "t": "fly"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *musī (“fly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μυῖα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "musca"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin musca",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*wl̥kʷíh₂s",
        "t": "she-wolf"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*wulgī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wulgī",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "By secondary thematicization of older consonant-stem, e.g.\n* post-Proto-Indo-European *musī (“fly”) (cf. Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa), Latin musca) > Pre-Slavic *mus-ī-k- > *mux-ī-k-ā > Common Slavic *mъšica (“fly”).\n* post-Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”) (cf. Proto-Germanic *wulgī) > Pre-Slavic *vilk-ī-k- > *vilč-ī-k-ā > Common Slavic *vьlčica (“she-wolf”)\nThis is comparable to the treatment of ī/ih₂-stems in Latin, in the suffix -trīx, compare:\n* Latin genitrīx (“mother”) : Sanskrit जनित्री (jánitrī, “mother”), Ancient Greek γενέτειρα (genéteira).\nThe primary function in PIE, also retained in Proto-Slavic, was thus to create feminines, substantivized feminine adjectives. The diminutive function is closely related to the structural element */-k-ā/, and has parallels in other suffixes: *-ьka, *-ъka, *-ika, *-ьkъ, *-ъkъ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "m",
      "tags": [
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icę̇",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icę̇",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icamъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icę̇",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icejǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icasъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icaxъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icę̇",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ica",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ikъ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "děva (“girl, maiden”) → *děvica (“(a little) girl”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "muxa (“fly”) → *mušica (“(a small) fly”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "noga (“leg”) → *nožica (“(a small) leg”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "rǫka (“hand”) → *rǫčica (“(a small) hand”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "oldi, *oldьje (“ship, boat”) → *oldьjica (“(a small) ship, boat”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "ryba (“fish”) → *rybica (“(a small) fish”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Denominal, forming diminutives."
      ],
      "id": "en--ica-sla-pro-suffix--crAYxT~",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "cěsařь (“emperor”) → *cěsařica (“empress”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "lisъ (“a male fox”) → *lisica (“a female fox”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Denominal, forming feminine counterparts of masculine nouns."
      ],
      "id": "en--ica-sla-pro-suffix-MLLwjd5k",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "buky, *bukъve (“beech”) → *bukъvica (“beech fruit”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "bъrъ (“a kind of millet”) → *bъrica (“a variety of wild millet”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Denominal, forming nouns denoting something related to the meaning of the baseword."
      ],
      "id": "en--ica-sla-pro-suffix-jpqdzl7l",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "pьjanъ (“drunk”) → *pьjanica (“drunkard”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "desnъ (“right”) → *desnica (“right hand”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "čьrnъ (“black”) → *čьrnica (“something or somebody black”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "starъ (“old”) → *starica (“old woman”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "zoltъ (“golden”) → *zoltica (“something golden”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deadjectival, denoting a carrier of a property."
      ],
      "id": "en--ica-sla-pro-suffix-InNkQB2n",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 9 9 10 33 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "blědъ (“pale”) → *blědica (“paleness”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "blědьnъ (“pale”) → *blědьnica (“paleness”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deadjectival, forming abstract nouns."
      ],
      "id": "en--ica-sla-pro-suffix-0VcRWGvc",
      "links": [
        [
          "abstract noun",
          "abstract noun#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Deadjectival, forming abstract nouns."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "14 18 16 13 24 15",
          "sense": "in some of the functions",
          "word": "-ьka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 18 16 13 24 15",
          "sense": "in some of the functions",
          "word": "-ъka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 18 16 13 24 15",
          "sense": "in some of the functions",
          "tags": [
            "sometimes"
          ],
          "word": "-ika"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "rare",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "daviti (“to choke, gag, stifle”) → *davica (“that who/which chokes”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "plęsati (“to dance”) → *plęsica (“dancer”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deverbal, forming agent nouns and nomina instrumenti."
      ],
      "id": "en--ica-sla-pro-suffix-V7mHD~-C",
      "links": [
        [
          "agent nouns",
          "agent nouns#English"
        ],
        [
          "nomina instrumenti",
          "nomina instrumenti#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Deverbal, forming agent nouns and nomina instrumenti."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "rare",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ica"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Slavic feminine suffixes",
    "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
    "Proto-Slavic noun-forming suffixes",
    "Proto-Slavic soft a-stem nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic suffixes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "alt": "with *-ьn- element abstracted away from denominal derivations on *-ьnъ",
      "word": "-ьnica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "with *-av- element abstracted away from agent nouns on *-ava and adjectives on *-avъ",
      "word": "-avica"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "orv",
            "2": "-ица"
          },
          "expansion": "Old East Slavic: -ица (-ica)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old East Slavic: -ица (-ica)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zle-ort",
            "2": "-ица"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Ruthenian: -ица (-ica)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Ruthenian: -ица (-ica)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "-іца"
          },
          "expansion": "Belarusian: -іца (-ica)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Belarusian: -іца (-ica)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "-иця"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: -иця (-ycja)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: -иця (-ycja)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "-ица"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: -ица (-ica)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: -ица (-ica)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Church Slavonic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "-ⰹⱌⰰ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Glagolitic script: -ⰹⱌⰰ (-ica)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Glagolitic script: -ⰹⱌⰰ (-ica)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "-ица",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Cyrillic script: -ица (-ica)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Cyrillic script: -ица (-ica)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-ица",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: -ица",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: -ица"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-ica",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: -ica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: -ica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "-ica"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovene: -ica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovene: -ica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "ـیچه",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "-içe"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: ـیچه (-içe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: ـیچه (-içe)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "-ice"
          },
          "expansion": "Czech: -ice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Czech: -ice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "-ca"
          },
          "expansion": "Kashubian: -ca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kashubian: -ca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "-ica",
            "3": "-yca"
          },
          "expansion": "Polish: -ica, -yca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Polish: -ica, -yca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "-ica"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovak: -ica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovak: -ica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-slv",
            "2": "-ica"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovincian: -ica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovincian: -ica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Sorbian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dsb",
            "2": "-ica"
          },
          "expansion": "Lower Sorbian: -ica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lower Sorbian: -ica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hsb",
            "2": "-ica"
          },
          "expansion": "Upper Sorbian: -ica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Upper Sorbian: -ica"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*musī",
        "t": "fly"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *musī (“fly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μυῖα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "musca"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin musca",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*wl̥kʷíh₂s",
        "t": "she-wolf"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*wulgī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wulgī",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "By secondary thematicization of older consonant-stem, e.g.\n* post-Proto-Indo-European *musī (“fly”) (cf. Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa), Latin musca) > Pre-Slavic *mus-ī-k- > *mux-ī-k-ā > Common Slavic *mъšica (“fly”).\n* post-Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”) (cf. Proto-Germanic *wulgī) > Pre-Slavic *vilk-ī-k- > *vilč-ī-k-ā > Common Slavic *vьlčica (“she-wolf”)\nThis is comparable to the treatment of ī/ih₂-stems in Latin, in the suffix -trīx, compare:\n* Latin genitrīx (“mother”) : Sanskrit जनित्री (jánitrī, “mother”), Ancient Greek γενέτειρα (genéteira).\nThe primary function in PIE, also retained in Proto-Slavic, was thus to create feminines, substantivized feminine adjectives. The diminutive function is closely related to the structural element */-k-ā/, and has parallels in other suffixes: *-ьka, *-ъka, *-ika, *-ьkъ, *-ъkъ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "m",
      "tags": [
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icę̇",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icę̇",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icamъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icę̇",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icejǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icasъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icaxъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-icę̇",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ica",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ikъ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "děva (“girl, maiden”) → *děvica (“(a little) girl”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "muxa (“fly”) → *mušica (“(a small) fly”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "noga (“leg”) → *nožica (“(a small) leg”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "rǫka (“hand”) → *rǫčica (“(a small) hand”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "oldi, *oldьje (“ship, boat”) → *oldьjica (“(a small) ship, boat”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "ryba (“fish”) → *rybica (“(a small) fish”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Denominal, forming diminutives."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "cěsařь (“emperor”) → *cěsařica (“empress”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "lisъ (“a male fox”) → *lisica (“a female fox”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Denominal, forming feminine counterparts of masculine nouns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "buky, *bukъve (“beech”) → *bukъvica (“beech fruit”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "bъrъ (“a kind of millet”) → *bъrica (“a variety of wild millet”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Denominal, forming nouns denoting something related to the meaning of the baseword."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "pьjanъ (“drunk”) → *pьjanica (“drunkard”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "desnъ (“right”) → *desnica (“right hand”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "čьrnъ (“black”) → *čьrnica (“something or somebody black”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "starъ (“old”) → *starica (“old woman”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "zoltъ (“golden”) → *zoltica (“something golden”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deadjectival, denoting a carrier of a property."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Slavic terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "blědъ (“pale”) → *blědica (“paleness”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "blědьnъ (“pale”) → *blědьnica (“paleness”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deadjectival, forming abstract nouns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abstract noun",
          "abstract noun#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Deadjectival, forming abstract nouns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "rare",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Slavic terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "daviti (“to choke, gag, stifle”) → *davica (“that who/which chokes”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "plęsati (“to dance”) → *plęsica (“dancer”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deverbal, forming agent nouns and nomina instrumenti."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agent nouns",
          "agent nouns#English"
        ],
        [
          "nomina instrumenti",
          "nomina instrumenti#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Deverbal, forming agent nouns and nomina instrumenti."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "rare",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "in some of the functions",
      "word": "-ьka"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in some of the functions",
      "word": "-ъka"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in some of the functions",
      "tags": [
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "word": "-ika"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ica"
}

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