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-nikim

-nikim is the plural of -nik.

Meaning of -nik

Suffix

-nik (noun-forming suffix, plural -niks or -niki or -nikim)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) Used to form nouns denoting a person who exemplifies, endorses, or is associated with a specified thing or quality, often a particular ideology or preference.

Origin of -nikim

From Yiddish [Term?].

Questions about -nikim

What is -nikim the plural of?
-nikim is the plural of -nik.

Words near -nikim in the dictionary

  1. -nidazole
  2. -nidipine
  3. -nigger
  4. -nik
  5. -niki
  6. -nikim
  7. -niks
  8. -nom
  9. -nomial
  10. -nomicon
  11. -nomics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -nikim (page history and authors); -nik (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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