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Russian
Etymology
Generalized from nouns ending in -ба́ (-bá) to which -ище (-išče) had been added. Compare стрельба́ (strelʹbá, “shooting”) + -ище (-išče) → стре́льбище (strélʹbišče, “shooting range”), later reinterpreted as стреля́ть (streljátʹ) + -бище (-bišče); similarly with мо́льбище (mólʹbišče, “prayer ground”), originally derived from мольба́ (molʹbá, “entreaty, prayer”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-бище • (-bišče)
- Added to verbs to form nouns indicating locations.
- стреля́ть (streljátʹ, “to shoot”) + -бище (-bišče) → стре́льбище (strélʹbišče, “shooting ground, shooting range”)
- лежа́ть (ležátʹ, “to lie”) + -бище (-bišče) → ле́жбище (léžbišče, “lair”)
- класть (klastʹ, “to lay”) (1st. singular кладу́ (kladú)) + -бище (-bišče) → кла́дбище (kládbišče, “cemetery”)
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