-яшка

Russian

Alternative forms

• -а́шка (-áška)

Suffix

-я́шка • (-jáška) f or m

1. Suffix used to form diminutive nouns from nouns and adjectives, often indicating a (small) object with a given quality.

   ‎вку́сный (vkúsnyj, “tasty”) + ‎-я́шка (-jáška) → ‎вкусня́шка (vkusnjáška, “delicacy, something yummy”)

   ‎стекло́ (stekló, “glass”) + ‎-я́шка (-jáška) → ‎стекля́шка (stekljáška, “a small piece of glass, a glass object”)

2. Suffix used to form colloquial singular terms for identical siblings.

   ‎дво́йня (dvójnja, “(a pair of) twins”) + ‎-я́шка (-jáška) → ‎двойня́шка (dvojnjáška, “a twin”)

   ‎тро́йня (trójnja, “(a set of) triplets”) + ‎-я́шка (-jáška) → ‎тройня́шка (trojnjáška, “a triplet”)

Declension

Declension of -я́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-я́шка -jáška	-я́шки -jáški
genitive	-я́шки -jáški	-я́шек -jášek
dative	-я́шке -jáške	-я́шкам -jáškam
accusative	-я́шку -jášku	-я́шки -jáški
instrumental	-я́шкой, -я́шкою -jáškoj, -jáškoju	-я́шками -jáškami
prepositional	-я́шке -jáške	-я́шках -jáškax

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -яшка