-nīca

See also: nica, Nica, Nicà, Nică, Niça, and -nica

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic -ница (-nica) (as in words such as Russian больница (bolʹnica, “hospital”)).[1] Doublet of -niece.

Suffix

-nīca

  1. Added to nouns and adjectives to derive nouns of places and also some objects (usually "collections of" something), related to (e.g., useful for) the meaning of the original noun.

Derived terms
Latvian terms suffixed with -nīca

References
  1. Forssman, Berthold. 2001. Lettische Grammatik (Dettelbach: Verlag J. H. Röll GmbH) →ISBN, page {{{1}}}.
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