# cica
## Albanian
### Noun

cica
* inflection of cicë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sit͡sɒ]
* Hyphenation: ci‧ca
* Rhymes: -t͡sɒ

### Noun

cica (plural cicák)
* kitten
    Synonyms: macska, kismacska, cicus, cicamica, kiscica

#### Derived terms

* cicácska
* cicás
* cicázik
* cicus
* cicaharc
* kiscica
* plázacica
* porcica
* szobacica

#### Descendants

* →? Old Slovak: cica
** Pannonian Rusyn: цица (cica)
** Slovak: cica

### References

* ↑ cica in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
* ↑ cica in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

### 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 [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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: /ˈt͡ʃi.ka/
* Rhymes: -ika
* Hyphenation: cì‧ca

### Noun

cica f (plural ciche)
* nothing

### Adverb

cica
* not at all

### Further reading

* cica$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* cica$^2$ 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: [ˈt͡sit͡sa]

### Noun

cica f (diminutive cicka or cicuľka or cicuška)
* kitten

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “cica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈθika/ [ˈθi.ka]
* IPA: (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)
* 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)
* sago palm, particularly Cycas revoluta

### Further reading

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “cicatero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 63
* “cica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10