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Old English · suffix

-ca

Part of speech: suffix, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /kɑ/
Syllables: kɑ (1 syllable)
Modern English: creates characterising concrete including typifying usually aspect diminutive

Meaning

Creates masculine concrete nouns (including proper nouns) from adjectives, verbs, or other nouns, usually typifying a condition or state, or characterising a diminutive aspect.

Declension

Declension of -ca
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-ca	-can
Accusative	-can	-can
Genitive	-can	-cena
Dative	-can	-cum

All forms (4)

-ca
-can
-cena
-cum

Etymology

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

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