-ište
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-išče.
Suffix edit
-ište (Cyrillic spelling -иште)
- Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting a place where an action occurs (noćište), and less commonly used to form augmentatives (ljudište).
Usage notes edit
- In the older formations the ◌̑ accent falls onto the -i-, and is then retracted in Neo-Štokavian: blȁto > blatȋšte > blàtīšte.
- Newer formations usually retain the accent of the base word: ìgra > ìgralīšte.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Leskien, August (1914) Grammatik der serbo-kroatischen Sprache. 1. Teil: Lautlehre, Stammbildung, Formenlehre, Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, §387, §455, pages 247, 275
- Maretić, Tomo (1963) Gramatika hrvatskoga ili srpskoga književnog jezika, 3rd edition, Zagreb: Matica hrvatska, §340. g)
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-išče.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ište n
Declension edit
Declension of -ište