-іка

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

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    Proto-Indo-European *-kos
    Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
    Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)lbor.
    Ukrainian -іка (-ika)

    Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -ική (-ikḗ). Compare Polish -ika.

    Pronunciation

    IPA(key): [ ikɐ]

    Suffix

    -іка • (-ika) f (variant -ика or -їка)

    1. -ics, typically causing antepenultimate stress, or pentulimate stress colloquially
    Declension
    Declension of -́іка
    (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
    singular
    nominative -́іка
    -́ika
    genitive -́іки
    -́iky
    dative -́іці
    -́ici
    accusative -́іку
    -́iku
    instrumental -́ікою
    -́ikoju
    locative -́іці
    -́ici
    vocative -́іко
    -́iko
    Derived terms
    Ukrainian terms suffixed with -іка
    економіка

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Suffix

    -іка • (-ika) m

    1. genitive/accusative singular of -ік (-ik)

    Further reading

    • -іка in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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