-ійка

Ukrainian Etymology uk comp :af -ія -ка 1 ++ uk -ка. Compare ru -и́йка. Suffix uk suffix -і́йка noun-forming suffixes f-pr masculine -і́єць variant -инка or -енка or -анка or -янка or -ка uk -і́єць suffix: suffix forming female nouns meaning "person from or of X": -an, -er, -ian, -woman uk австралі́єць австралі́йка Australian uk англі́єць англі́йка Englishwoman uk інді́єць інді́йка Indian uk чилі́єць чилі́йка Chilean Usage notes This suffix is added especially onto proper nouns, particularly those ending in uk -ія. However, some nouns not ending in uk -ія also take uk -і́йка, and conversely some nouns in uk -ія do not take uk -і́йка, e.g. uk ірла́ндка Irishwoman from uk Ірла́ндія Ireland and uk алба́нка Albanian from uk Алба́нія Albania. Nouns in uk -і́йка generally have corresponding adjectives ending in uk -і́йський, while nouns in uk -ка have corresponding adjectives in uk -ський. Declension -і́йка<*.pr> Derived terms uk