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-nik
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Appendix:Variations of "nik"
English
Etymology
From the en sla suffix represented by ru -ник. This suffix experienced a surge in English coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the Soviet launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957. Its usage in English is heavily influenced by en yi - usage of yi ־ניק and similar borrowed words (en nogoodnik, en nudnik, en kibbutznik).
Suffix
s -niki -nikim
en sometimes derogatory Used to form nouns denoting a person who exemplifies, endorses or is associated with a specified thing or quality, often a particular ideology or preference.
Usage notes
The plural -niki is usually only used in contexts related to Russia or the former Soviet Union; e.g., en beatniki, en peaceniki, en refuseniki.
Terms from Yiddish may also have plurals in -nikim; e.g., en Chabadnikim, en Likudnikim, en kibbutznikim.
Derived terms
en
Translations
used to form nouns denoting a person who exemplifies, endorses or is associated with a specified thing or quality
Hungarian: hu -nyik
Further reading
1990 Autumn Of Sputniks, Beatniks, and Nogoodniks V. V. Kabakchi Doyle, Charles Clay American Speech 65 3 275-278 455919 http://www.jstor.org/stable/455919
Anagrams
en ikn -kin -kin- Kin ink k'in kin
Basque
Alternative forms
eu -enik
Etymology
eu :af -n<aftype:naf><t:that> -ik<pos:partitive suffix> + 1
Conjunction
eu conjunction clitics
Negative polarity item used to form relative clauses, that
eu Ez dut esan etorriko direnik. I didn't say that they'll come.
Usage notes
The form taken by this clitic depends on the ending of the verbal form to which it is attached, see the usage notes at eu -n.
Estonian
Etymology
et
Compare izh -nikka, liv -nikā, lv -nieks and ru -ник.
Suffix
1 -niku -nikku
Forms occupational agent nouns. (non-productive)
et kiri text kirjanik writer
et aed garden aednik gardener
et kunst art kunstnik artist
Declension
-ni
Derived terms
et
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From dsb sla-pro *-nikъ.
Pronunciation
dsb /nʲik/
Suffix
dsb suffix m noun-forming suffixes
Forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device; -er
dsb rězaś rěznik to cut butcher
Declension
Animate nouns:
-ni k 1
Inanimate nouns:
-ni k
Derived terms
dsb
Related terms
dsb -nica f
Ojibwe
Noun
oj noun plural -nikan inanimate nouns dependent inanimate nouns obligatorily possessed
arm
Derived terms
oj gichinik<t:right hand> ginik<t:your arm> ingodonik<t:one arm; one armlength> jiiskinikebizon<t:bracelet; garter> midaasonik<t:ten arms; ten armlengths> minikeyaab<t:armband; bracelet> ninik<t:my arm> onik<t:his arm>
Related terms
oj -nik-
oj -nike-
References
The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ninik-nid
oj Body parts
Old Polish
Etymology
zlw-opl nominal :inh sla-pro:*-nikъ<id:nominal> + 1
Pronunciation
ni:k
Suffix
zlw-opl suffix m
forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
Derived terms
zlw-opl
Descendants
pl -nik
Polish
Etymology
pl nominal :inh zlw-opl:-nik<id:nominal> + 1
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf--nik.wav
Suffix
pl suffix m
forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device; -er
pl rola rolnik
Declension
Personal nouns:
-ni k -nicy
Impersonal nouns:
-ni k
Derived terms
pl
Related terms
pl suffix -nica
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
sh sla-pro *-nikъ, sla-pro *-ьnikъ, itself originally by nominalization of adjectives in *-ьnъ with the suffix *-ikъ (whence sh -ik). The suffix originates from the sh ine-bsl-pro - period; compare with dialectal Lithuanian lt laukinykas lauk-inykas peasant, farmer (from lt laukas laũkas field) and Old Prussian prg laukinikis lauk-inikis vassal.
Suffix
Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a professional, performer, adherent, place, object, tool or a feature.
Derived terms
sh
sh -enik -ovnik -evnik
Related terms
sh -ik
sh -ica
sh -nica
References
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