-ишка
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-и́шка or -ишка • (-íška or -iška)
- Suffix added to normally masculine nouns, forms diminutives, often with a pejorative meaning.
- сын (syn, “son”) + -и́шка (-íška) → сыни́шка (syníška, “sonny, little son”)
- вор (vor, “thief”) + -и́шка (-íška) → вори́шка (voríška, “petty thief (derogatory)”)
- мещани́н (meščanín, “petit bourgeois, philistine”) + -ишка (-iška) → мещани́нишка (meščaníniška, “petty philistine (derogatory)”)
- па́рень (párenʹ, “fellow”) + -и́шка (-íška) → парни́шка (parníška, “lad, boy”)
- мысль (myslʹ, “thought, idea”) + -и́шка (-íška) → мысли́шка (myslíška, “petty thought, petty judgment (derogatory)”)
- шине́ль (šinélʹ, “overcoat”) + -ишка (-iška) → шине́лишка (šinéliška, “nasty overcoat (derogatory)”)
- ма́льч(ик) (málʹč(ik), “boy”) + -ишка (-iška) → мальчи́шка (malʹčíška, “urchin, greenhorn”)
Usage notes edit
- The suffix is more often stressed than not.
- If added to a noun denoting a male person, the resulting noun remains masculine despite the ending.
- If added to a reducible noun, the noun assumes its reduced form (e.g. парни́шка (parníška) from па́рень (párenʹ)).
- If added to a noun ending in a suffix, the suffix is sometimes dropped (e.g. мальчи́шка (malʹčíška) from ма́льчик (málʹčik)).
Declension edit
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -и́шка, -ишка -íška, -iška |
-и́шки, -ишки -íški, -iški |
| genitive | -и́шки, -ишки -íški, -iški |
-и́шек, -ишек -íšek, -išek |
| dative | -и́шке, -ишке -íške, -iške |
-и́шкам, -ишкам -íškam, -iškam |
| accusative | -и́шку, -ишку -íšku, -išku |
-и́шки, -ишки -íški, -iški |
| instrumental | -и́шкой, -и́шкою, -ишкой, -ишкою -íškoj, -íškoju, -iškoj, -iškoju |
-и́шками, -ишками -íškami, -iškami |
| prepositional | -и́шке, -ишке -íške, -iške |
-и́шках, -ишках -íškax, -iškax |