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-ca

1. Form of -cə after the vowels A / I / O / U.

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɒ]

-ca

1. (diminutive suffix) Added to a noun or a proper noun to form a diminutive.

   ‎Teréz (“Teresa”) + ‎-ca → ‎Teca (“Tessa”)

• (diminutive suffix) Variants:

  -ca is added to back-vowel words

  -ce is added to front-vowel words

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa/

-ca m pers

1. forms agent nouns

   ‎mówic + ‎-ca → ‎mówca

Declined forms of -cus (adjectival suffix).

• -ca: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka/, [kä]
• -ca: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka/, [kä]
• -cā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaː/, [käː]
• -cā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka/, [kä]

-ca

1. inflection of -cus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

-cā

1. ablative feminine singular of -cus

Declined forms of -cum (nominal suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka/, [kä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka/, [kä]

-ca n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of -cum

From Proto-West Germanic *-ukō, from Proto-Germanic *-ukô, equivalent to -oc +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /kɑ/

-ca

1. Creates concrete masculine nouns from adjectives or verbs, usually typifying a condition or state, or characterising a diminutive aspect.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьca.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /t͡sa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /t͡sa/

-ca m

1. forms agent nouns

   ‎prześladować + ‎-ca → ‎prześladowca

• Polish: -ca
• Silesian: -ca

Inherited from Old Polish -ca, from Proto-Slavic *-ьca. Doublet of -ika and -yka.

• IPA^(key): /t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ca

-ca m pers

1. forms agent nouns

   ‎dawać + ‎-ca → ‎dawca

-ca f (masculine -ec, neuter -ce)

1. forms feminine nouns

   ‎Proto-Slavic *ovь + ‎-ca → ‎owca

-ca (Cyrillic spelling -ца)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually a diminutive form expressing endearment.

Inherited from Old Polish -ca.

-ca m pers (noun-forming suffix)

1. Forms agent nouns

   ‎mōwić + ‎-ca → ‎mōwca

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa/

-ca m

1. forms agent nouns

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـجه.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa/

-ca

1. Form of -ce after the vowels A / I / O / U.

   ‎aptal (“idiot, idiotic”) + ‎-ca → ‎aptalca (“idiotically”)

   ‎İspanyol (“Spaniard, Spanish”) + ‎-ca → ‎İspanyolca (“Spanish language”, literally “like a Spaniard”)

   ‎İzlanda (“Iceland”) + ‎-ca → ‎İzlandaca (“Icelandic language”, literally “in the way of Iceland”)