-nīčė

Samogitian

Etymology

Most likely from Old East Slavic -ница (-nica). Compare Latvian -nīca, and also phonologically the -nyčia component of Lithuanian bažnyčia. Alternatively, formed from -nīks analogously to the formation of Latvian -niece.

Suffix

-nīčė (masculine -nīks)

  1. female equivalent of -nīks: agent noun-forming suffix
    ‎paps (“chest; teat”) + ‎-nīčė → ‎papinīčė (“bra, brassiere”)
    ‎spaviednė (“confession”) + ‎-nīčė → ‎spaviednīčė (“listening room, confessional”)

Derived terms
Samogitian terms suffixed with -nīčė
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