"-cilla" meaning in Spanish

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Suffix

Forms: -cillas [plural]
Etymology: From -c-, a formant found originally in Latin -culus (rebracketed from -ulus added to nouns ending in -cus), + -illa. Etymology templates: {{m+|la|-culus}} Latin -culus, {{m|la|-ulus}} -ulus, {{m|la|-cus}} -cus, {{m|es|-illa}} -illa Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} -cilla f (noun-forming suffix, plural -cillas)
  1. Alternative form of -cillo; added to feminine nouns to form diminutives Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine, morpheme Alternative form of: -cillo (extra: added to feminine nouns to form diminutives) Related terms: -cecilla, -ecilla, -illa, -ita, -cita, -ecita, -cecita
    Sense id: en--cilla-es-suffix-4Fppii-R Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-culus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -culus",
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "-ulus",
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  "etymology_text": "From -c-, a formant found originally in Latin -culus (rebracketed from -ulus added to nouns ending in -cus), + -illa.",
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    {
      "form": "-cillas",
      "tags": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
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      "expansion": "-cilla f (noun-forming suffix, plural -cillas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "suffix",
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          "extra": "added to feminine nouns to form diminutives",
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        }
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          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mujer (“woman”) + -cilla → mujercilla (“small woman”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "fuente (“spring, fountain”) + -cilla → fuentecilla (“small spring, small fountain”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "canción (“song”) + -cilla → cancioncilla (“ditty, tune”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "nube (“cloud”) + -cilla → nubecilla (“small cloud”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "reñir (“to fight, to quarrel”) + -cilla → rencilla (“quarrel, row”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "pobre (“poor”) + -cilla → pobrecilla (“poor thing (referring to a female)”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "pastora (“shepherdess”) + -cilla → pastorcilla (“little shepherdess”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "gente (“people”) + -cilla → gentecilla (“proletariat, riffraff (derogatory)”)"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of -cillo; added to feminine nouns to form diminutives"
      ],
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          "-cillo",
          "-cillo#Spanish"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "-cecilla"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ecilla"
        },
        {
          "word": "-illa"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ita"
        },
        {
          "word": "-cita"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ecita"
        },
        {
          "word": "-cecita"
        }
      ],
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        "alternative",
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
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  ],
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      "form": "-cillas",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "f"
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "-cecilla"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ecilla"
    },
    {
      "word": "-illa"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "word": "-cita"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ecita"
    },
    {
      "word": "-cecita"
    }
  ],
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          "word": "-cillo"
        }
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        "Spanish suffixes"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "mujer (“woman”) + -cilla → mujercilla (“small woman”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "fuente (“spring, fountain”) + -cilla → fuentecilla (“small spring, small fountain”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "canción (“song”) + -cilla → cancioncilla (“ditty, tune”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "nube (“cloud”) + -cilla → nubecilla (“small cloud”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "reñir (“to fight, to quarrel”) + -cilla → rencilla (“quarrel, row”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "pobre (“poor”) + -cilla → pobrecilla (“poor thing (referring to a female)”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "pastora (“shepherdess”) + -cilla → pastorcilla (“little shepherdess”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "gente (“people”) + -cilla → gentecilla (“proletariat, riffraff (derogatory)”)"
        }
      ],
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