-cida
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin -cīda, from the base of caedō (“I cut, strike, kill”).
Suffix
-cida m or f
- -cide (denoting a person or substance that kills)
- -cidal
Derived terms
Related terms
- -cidi
Galician
Etymology
From Latin -cīda, from the base of caedō (“I cut, strike, kill”).
Suffix
-cida m or f
- -cide (denoting a person or substance that kills)
- -cidal
Derived terms
Related terms
- -cidio
Italian
Etymology
From Latin -cīda, from the base of caedō (“to cut, strike, kill”).
Suffix
-cida m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, masculine plural -cidi, feminine plural -cide)
- -cide (denoting a person or substance that kills)
Suffix
-cida (adjective-forming suffix, masculine plural -cidi, feminine plural -cide)
- -cidal
Derived terms
Related terms
- -cidio
Anagrams
- Ciad, cadi, cadì, dica
Latin
Etymology
caedō (“to cut, hew, kill”) + -a (suffix forming masculine agent nouns)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkiː.da/, [ˈkiːd̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.da/, [ˈt͡ʃiːd̪ä]
Suffix
-cīda m (genitive -cīdae); first declension
- Noun-forming suffix denoting “one who kills” or “one who cuts” from nouns stems.
Usage notes
- All derived terms are masculine or common despite their use of the first declension.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | -cīda | -cīdae |
Genitive | -cīdae | -cīdārum |
Dative | -cīdae | -cīdīs |
Accusative | -cīdam | -cīdās |
Ablative | -cīdā | -cīdīs |
Vocative | -cīda | -cīdae |
Derived terms
- -cīdium
Descendants
- English: -cide (merged with -cīdium)
- French: -cide
- Spanish: -cida
References
- “-cīda” on page 344/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -cīda, from the base of caedō (“to cut, to strike, to kill”).
Suffix
-cida m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -cidas)
- -cide (killer of)
- fungo (“fungus”) + -cida → fungicida (“fungicide”)
Usage notes
Masculine when referring to males and things, feminine when referring to females.
Derived terms
Related terms
- -cídio
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin -cīda, from the base of caedō (“to cut, strike, kill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθida/ [ˈθi.ð̞a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsida/ [ˈsi.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ida
- Syllabification: -ci‧da
Suffix
-cida m or f by sense (plural -cidas) (noun referring to a person)
-cida m (plural -cidas) (noun referring to a substance)
-cida (plural -cidas) (adjective)
- -cide (denoting a person or substance that kills)
- -cidal
Derived terms
Related terms
- -cidio
Further reading
- “-cida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014