-ица

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ica.

• -ица: IPA^(key): [ʲɪt͡sə]
• -и́ца: IPA^(key): [ˈʲit͡sə]

-ица or -и́ца • (-ica or -íca)

1. feminine of -ик (-ik)

   ‎лу́чн(ик) (lúčn(ik), “archer”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎лу́чница (lúčnica, “female archer”)

   ‎грибн(и́к) (gribn(ík), “mushroomer”) + ‎-и́ца (-íca) → ‎грибни́ца (gribníca, “female mushroomer”)

2. feminine of -ец (-ec)

   ‎краса́в(ец) (krasáv(ec), “handsome man”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎краса́вица (krasávica, “beautiful woman”)

3. forms diminutives of generally feminine nouns

   ‎ро́жа (róža, “ugly mug, face (pejorative)”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎ро́жица (róžica, “face (endearing)”)

   ‎ро́ща (róšča, “copse, grove”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎ро́щица (róščica, “small copse, small grove”)

   ‎вода́ (vodá, “water”) + ‎-и́ца (-íca) → ‎води́ца (vodíca, “water (endearing)”)

   ‎мете́ль (metélʹ, “blizzard, snowstorm”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎мете́лица (metélica, “blizzard, snowstorm (poetic; diminutive or endearing)”)

   ‎тряпьё (trjapʹjó, “rags”) + ‎-и́ца (-íca) → ‎тряпи́ца (trjapíca, “small rag (colloquial)”)

4. forms abstract nouns from adjectives

   ‎ра́зный (ráznyj, “different”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎ра́зница (ráznica, “difference”)

   ‎еди́ный (jedínyj, “united, unified; one, single”) + ‎-и́ца (-íca) → ‎едини́ца (jediníca, “unit; unity (mathematics); number one (bus, tram, etc.)”)

5. forms abstract nouns from prefixes + nouns

   ‎без- (bez-, “without”) + ‎рабо́та (rabóta, “work”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎безрабо́тица (bezrabótica, “unemployment”)

   ‎пере- (pere-, “re-”) + ‎сорт (sort, “grade”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎пересо́ртица (peresórtica, “regrading (of goods)”)

   ‎рас- (ras-, “away”) + ‎путь (putʹ, “road”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎распу́тица (raspútica, “season of impassable roads”)

6. forms nouns referring to plants, animals, tools or other objects from nouns and adjectives

   ‎мо́крый (mókryj, “wet”) + ‎-и́ца (-íca) → ‎мокри́ца (mokríca, “woodlouse, sowbug”)

   ‎у́гольный (úgolʹnyj, “coal (relational)”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎у́гольница (úgolʹnica, “firepan”)

   ‎я́года (jágoda, “berry”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎я́годица (jágodica, “buttock; (dialectal) cheekbone; (dialectal) nipple”) (from the round shape of the berry)

From Proto-Slavic *-ica.

-ица (Latin spelling -ica)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, commonly used for forming diminutives.
2. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine or feminine noun, usually a pejorative.
3. Feminine form of -ик.

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