-шок
Russian
editEtymology
editRebracketed from the suffix -о́к (-ók) added to diminutives whose roots end in х or ш.
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-шо́к • (-šók)
- Suffix added to normally masculine nouns to form diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning.
- гре́бень (grébenʹ, “comb, crest”) + -шо́к (-šók) → гребешо́к (grebešók, “small comb, small crest; scallop”)
- ко́рень (kórenʹ, “root”) + -шо́к (-šók) → корешо́к (korešók, “rootlet; spine (of a book); counterfoil”)
- реме́нь (reménʹ, “strap”) + -шо́к (-šók) → ремешо́к (remešók, “small strap, thong”)
- че́рен (čéren, “handle, stalk”) + -шо́к (-šók) → черешо́к (čerešók, “handle, stalk”)
Usage notes
edit- The diminutive suffix is always stressed and reducible, like the suffix -о́к (-ók) from which it is derived.
- The suffix replaces the final consonant of the root, which is usually н or нь; compare also горшо́к (goršók, “pot, flowerpot”), originally a diminutive of Proto-Slavic *gornъ (“pot, flowerpot”).
Declension
editDeclension of -шо́к (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-b reduc)