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-nik

-nik

See also: nik, Nik, and -ník

English

Suffix

-nik

  1. Appended to words to create a nickname for a person who exemplifies, endorses, or is associated with the thing or quality specified (by the base form), often a particular ideology or preference.

Derived terms

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External links

  • 1990 Autumn, Kabakchi, V. V.; Doyle, Charles Clay, “Of Sputniks, Beatniks, and Nogoodniks”, in American Speech, volume 65, number 3, JSTOR 455919, pages 275-278:

Ojibwe

Suffix

-nik (plural -nikan)

  1. arm
    ingodonikone arm; one armlength
    midaasonikten arms; ten armlengths
    jiiskinikebizon — bracelet; garter
    minikeyaab — armband; bracelet
    ninikmy arm
    gichinikright hand

Related terms

  • -nike

Polish

Suffix

-nik m

  1. Forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device; -er

Declension

Personal nouns:

Impersonal nouns:

Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-(ь)nikъ, itself originally by nominalization of adjectives in *-ьnъ with the suffix *-ikъ (whence -ik). The suffix originates from Proto-Balto-Slavic period; compare with dialectal Lithuanian lauk-inykas (peasant, farmer) (from laũkas (field)) and Old Prussian lauk-inikis (vassal).

Suffix

-nik (Cyrillic spelling -ник)

  1. Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer, place, object, tool or a feature.

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • Skok, Petar (1971) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume I, Zagreb: JAZU, page 515