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{{also|ika|ikä|ĩka|-iką}}
==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|cs|ɪka}}

===Suffix===
{{cs-noun|f}}

# {{n-g|forms nouns denoting a branch of science or study}}; [[-ics]]
#: {{syn|cs|-ie}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4|cs|title=branch of science or study
|{{l|cs|atletika|g=f}}
|{{l|cs|botanika|g=f}}
|{{l|cs|fonetika|g=f}}
|{{l|cs|fyzika|g=f}}
|{{l|cs|genetika|g=f}}
|{{l|cs|genomika|g=f}}
|{{l|cs|informatika|g=f}}
|{{l|cs|matematika|g=f}}
|{{l|cs|metafyzika|g=f}}
|{{l|cs|systematika|g=f}}
}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:Slovnik afixu}}

==Hungarian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{af|hu|-i|-ka|pos1=diminutive suffix|pos2=diminutive suffix||nocat=y}}.<ref>{{R:Zaicz 2006}}</ref>

====Suffix====
{{head|hu|suffix|cat2=diminutive suffixes}}

# {{lb|hu|diminutive suffix}} {{ng|Added to a [[noun]] to express smallness, youth, or endearment.}}
#: {{afex|hu|láda|t1=box|lád'''ika'''|t2=small box}}

=====Usage notes=====
* {{q|diminutive suffix}} Variants:
*: '''{{l|hu|-ika}}''' is added to back-vowel words
*: '''{{l|hu|-ike}}''' is added to front-vowel words

=====Derived terms=====
{{suffixsee|hu|pos=noun}}

====See also====
* {{l|hu|-ka}}
* {{l|hu|-cska}}
* [[Appendix:Hungarian suffixes]]

===Etymology 2===

====Suffix====
{{head|hu|suffix}}

# {{ng|A distinguishable foreign word ending in [[noun]]s. In this role, it is not considerable as an independent Hungarian suffix.}}<ref>[http://martonfi.hu/phd/martonfi_attila_-_theses.pdf Attila Mártonfi: The System of the Hungarian Suffixes], Theses of PhD Dissertation, Budapest, 2006</ref>
#: {{m|hu|log'''ika'''|t=logic}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{suffixsee|hu}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

==Polish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|pl|-yka}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|pl|ine-pro}}
{{lbor|pl|grc|-ικός|-ική}}. {{dbt|pl|-ca|-yka}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr}}

===Suffix===
{{head|pl|suffix|g=f}}

# {{ng|[[-ics]], typically causing antepenultimate stress, or pentulimate stress colloquially}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-f|tantum=s}}

====Derived terms====
{{suffixsee|pl}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Suffix===
{{sh-suffix}}

# {{non-gloss|Suffix appended to words to create a [[feminine]] [[noun]], usually denoting a [[plant]].}}

====Derived terms====
{{suffixsee|sh}}

==Swahili==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|sw|[[-lika]]/[[-leka]]}}
* {{alter|sw|-ka}}

===Suffix===
{{head|sw|suffix|mid vowel harmony variant|-eka}}

# {{n-g|[[Appendix:Swahili verbal derivation#Stative|stative suffix]]}}
## {{lb|sw|after a verb}} [[-able]]
##: {{suffixusex|sw|nywa|alt1=-nywa|t1=to drink|altaff=-eka|nyweka|alt2=-nyweka|t2=to be drinkable}}
## {{lb|sw|after a verb}} {{n-g|to have undergone the action}}
##: {{suffixusex|sw|maliza|alt1=-maliza|t1=to finish|malizika|alt2=-malizika|t2=to be finished}}
##: {{suffixusex|sw|haribu|alt1=-haribu|t1=to damage|haribika|alt2=-haribika|t2=to be damaged}}
## {{lb|sw|after an adjective or noun}} {{n-g|to be or have a characteristic of}}
##: {{suffixusex|sw|imara|t1=strong|imarika|alt2=-imarika|t2=to be strong}}

====Usage notes====
This suffix is often similar in meaning to the passive suffix {{m|sw|-wa}}, but it differs in that it cannot take an agent:
: {{uxi|sw|Kiti kimevunj'''wa''' na mtoto.|The chair has been broken by the child.}}
: {{uxi|sw|Kiti kimevunj'''ika'''.|The chair is broken.}}

====Derived terms====
{{suffixsee|sw}}

* {{catlink|Swahili stative verbs}}