cica

See also: ciča, čiča, -čica, and číča

Hungarian

cica

Etymology

From cic (the sound for calling a cat) +‎ -a (diminutive suffix). First attested in 1639.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sit͡sɒ]
• Hyphenation: ci‧ca
• Rhymes: -t͡sɒ

Noun

cica (plural cicák)

1. kitten

   Synonyms: macska, kismacska, cicus, cicamica, kiscica

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	cica	cicák
accusative	cicát	cicákat
dative	cicának	cicáknak
instrumental	cicával	cicákkal
causal-final	cicáért	cicákért
translative	cicává	cicákká
terminative	cicáig	cicákig
essive-formal	cicaként	cicákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	cicában	cicákban
superessive	cicán	cicákon
adessive	cicánál	cicáknál
illative	cicába	cicákba
sublative	cicára	cicákra
allative	cicához	cicákhoz
elative	cicából	cicákból
delative	cicáról	cicákról
ablative	cicától	cicáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	cicáé	cicáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	cicáéi	cicákéi

Possessive forms of cica
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	cicám	cicáim
2nd person sing.	cicád	cicáid
3rd person sing.	cicája	cicái
1st person plural	cicánk	cicáink
2nd person plural	cicátok	cicáitok
3rd person plural	cicájuk	cicáik

Derived terms

• cicácska
• cicás
• cicázik
• cicus

 

Compound words

• cicaharc
• kiscica
• plázacica
• porcica
• szobacica

 

Further reading

• cica in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• cica in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

Alternative forms

• cicca

Etymology

Probably derived from Latin ciccum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: cì‧ca

Noun

cica f (plural ciche)

1. nothing

Adverb

cica

1. not at all

Further reading

• cica¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cica² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Caci, caci, ciac

Slovak

Etymology

Probably from a sound of calling a cat, ts, ts, spelled c, c in Slovak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sit͡sa]

Noun

cica f (genitive singular cice, nominative plural cice, genitive plural cíc, declension pattern of ulica)

1. kitten

Declension

Declension of cica

	singular	plural
nominative	cica	cice
genitive	cice	cíc
dative	cici	cicám
accusative	cicu	cice
locative	cici	cicách
instrumental	cicou	cicami

Derived terms

• cicka f

Further reading

• “cica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθika/ [ˈθi.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsika/ [ˈsi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: ci‧ca

Etymology 1

Unknown. Coromines and Pascual, citing Eguílaz, suggest a variant of Arabic كِيس (kīs, “bag”) with the feminine marker ـة (-a), with a metathesis of the consonants that is said to be "frequent" in spoken Arabic, cognate to Moroccan Arabic كِيسة (kīsa, “bag”), and Old Galician-Portuguese aciqua (“bag”). First attested in the early 17th century.

Noun

cica f (plural cicas)

1. money bag

   Synonym: monedero

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύϊξ (kúïx, “name of a certain bulbous plant”), according to the RAE.

Noun

cica f (plural cicas)

1. sago palm, particularly Cycas revoluta

Further reading

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “cicatero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 63
• “cica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28