# -ица
## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈit͡sa]

### Suffix

-ица • (-ica)
* Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun.
    ‎крал m (kral, “king”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎кралица f (kralica, “queen”)
    ‎лев (lev, “left”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎левица f (levica, “political left; left hand”)
* Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun to form a diminutive or as an expression of endearment.
    ‎вода f (voda, “water”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎водица f (vodica)
    ‎ракија f (rakija, “water”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎ракиица f (rakiica)

#### Derived terms
## Old Church Slavonic
### Alternative forms

* -ⰻⱌⰰ (-ica) — Glagolitic

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ica.

### Suffix

-ица • (-ica) f
* female equivalent of -икъ (-ikŭ)
    ‎лисъ (lisŭ, “fox”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎лисица (lisica, “vixen”)
    ‎дѣвица (děvica, “girl, maiden, virgin”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎дѣвица (děvica, “girl, maiden, virgin”)

#### Related terms

* -ьница (-ĭnica)
* -икъ (-ikŭ)
* -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ)

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ica.

### Pronunciation

* -ица: IPA: [ʲɪt͡sə]
* -и́ца: IPA: [ˈʲit͡sə]

### Suffix

-ица or -и́ца • (-ica or -íca)
* female equivalent of -ик (-ik)
    ‎лу́чн(ик) (lúčn(ik), “archer”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎лу́чница (lúčnica, “female archer”)
    ‎грибн(и́к) (gribn(ík), “mushroomer”) + ‎-и́ца (-íca) → ‎грибни́ца (gribníca, “female mushroomer”)
* female equivalent of -ец (-ec)
    ‎краса́в(ец) (krasáv(ec), “handsome man”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎краса́вица (krasávica, “beautiful woman”)
* forms diminutives of generally feminine nouns
    ‎ро́жа (róža, “ugly mug, face (pejorative)”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎ро́жица (róžica, “face (endearing)”)
    ‎ро́ща (róšča, “copse, grove”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎ро́щица (róščica, “small copse, small grove”)
    ‎вода́ (vodá, “water”) + ‎-и́ца (-íca) → ‎води́ца (vodíca, “water (endearing)”)
    ‎мете́ль (metélʹ, “blizzard, snowstorm”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎мете́лица (metélica, “blizzard, snowstorm (poetic; diminutive or endearing)”)
    ‎тряпьё (trjapʹjó, “rags”) + ‎-и́ца (-íca) → ‎тряпи́ца (trjapíca, “small rag (colloquial)”)
* forms abstract nouns from adjectives
    ‎ра́зный (ráznyj, “different”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎ра́зница (ráznica, “difference”)
    ‎еди́ный (jedínyj, “united, unified; one, single”) + ‎-и́ца (-íca) → ‎едини́ца (jediníca, “unit; unity (mathematics); number one (bus, tram, etc.)”)
* forms writing system names from nouns and adjectives
    ‎Кири́лл (Kiríll, “St. Cyril”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎кири́ллица (kiríllica, “Cyrillic script”)
    ‎ара́бский (arábskij, “Arabic”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎ара́бица (arábica, “Arabic script”)
* forms abstract nouns from prefixes + nouns
    ‎без- (bez-, “without”) + ‎рабо́та (rabóta, “work”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎безрабо́тица (bezrabótica, “unemployment”)
    ‎пере- (pere-, “re-”) + ‎сорт (sort, “grade”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎пересо́ртица (peresórtica, “regrading (of goods)”)
    ‎рас- (ras-, “away”) + ‎путь (putʹ, “road”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎распу́тица (raspútica, “season of impassable roads”)
* forms nouns referring to plants, animals, tools or other objects from nouns and adjectives
    ‎мо́крый (mókryj, “wet”) + ‎-и́ца (-íca) → ‎мокри́ца (mokríca, “woodlouse, sowbug”)
    ‎у́гольный (úgolʹnyj, “coal (relational)”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎у́гольница (úgolʹnica, “firepan”)
    ‎я́года (jágoda, “berry”) + ‎-ица (-ica) → ‎я́годица (jágodica, “buttock; (dialectal) cheekbone; (dialectal) nipple”) (from the round shape of the berry)

#### Derived terms
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ica.

### Suffix

-ица (Latin spelling -ica)
* Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, commonly used for forming diminutives.
* Suffix appended to words to create a masculine or feminine noun, usually a pejorative.
* female equivalent of -ик

#### Derived terms

* -чица