# -ca
## Azerbaijani
### Suffix

-ca
* Form of -cə after the vowels A / I / O / U.

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sɒ]

### Suffix

-ca
* (diminutive suffix) Added to a noun or a proper noun to form a diminutive.
    ‎Teréz (“Teresa”) + ‎-ca → ‎Teca (“Tessa”)

#### Usage notes

* (diminutive suffix) Variants:
    -ca is added to back-vowel words
    -ce is added to front-vowel words

#### Derived terms
### See also

* Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sa/

### Suffix

-ca m pers
* forms agent nouns
    ‎mówic + ‎-ca → ‎mówca

#### Derived terms
## Latin
### Etymology 1

Declined forms of -cus (adjectival suffix).

#### Pronunciation

* -ca: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ka/, [kä]
* -ca: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ka/, [kä]
* -cā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /kaː/, [käː]
* -cā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ka/, [kä]

#### Suffix

-ca
* inflection of -cus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Suffix

-cā
* ablative feminine singular of -cus

### Etymology 2

Declined forms of -cum (nominal suffix).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ka/, [kä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ka/, [kä]

#### Suffix

-ca n
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of -cum

## Old English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑ/

### Suffix

-ca
* Creates concrete masculine nouns from adjectives, verbs, or other nouns, usually typifying a condition or state, or characterising a diminutive aspect.

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Derived terms
## Old Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /t͡sa/
* IPA: (15th CE) /t͡sa/

### Suffix

-ca m
* forms agent nouns
    ‎prześladować + ‎-ca → ‎prześladowca

#### Descendants

* Polish: -ca
* Silesian: -ca

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish -ca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Suffix

-ca m pers (feminine -czyni)
* forms agent nouns
    ‎dawać + ‎-ca → ‎dawca

#### Declension
### Suffix

-ca f (masculine -ec, neuter -ce)
* forms feminine nouns
    ‎Proto-Slavic *ovь + ‎-ca → ‎owca

#### Derived terms
## Serbo-Croatian
### Suffix

-ca (Cyrillic spelling -ца)
* Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually a diminutive form expressing endearment.

#### Derived terms
## Silesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish -ca.

### Suffix

-ca m pers (noun-forming suffix)
* Forms agent nouns
    ‎mōwić + ‎-ca → ‎mōwca

#### Derived terms
## Slovincian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sa/

### Suffix

-ca m
* forms agent nouns

#### Derived terms
## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـجه.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒa/

### Suffix

-ca
* Form of -ce after the vowels A / I / O / U.
    ‎aptal (“idiot, idiotic”) + ‎-ca → ‎aptalca (“idiotically”)
    ‎İspanyol (“Spaniard, Spanish”) + ‎-ca → ‎İspanyolca (“Spanish language”, literally “like a Spaniard”)
    ‎İzlanda (“Iceland”) + ‎-ca → ‎İzlandaca (“Icelandic language”, literally “in the way of Iceland”)