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Russian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-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
- 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
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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-и́шка, -ишка
-íška, -iška
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-и́шки, -ишки
-íški, -iški
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| genitive
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-и́шки, -ишки
-íški, -iški
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-и́шек, -ишек
-íšek, -išek
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| dative
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-и́шке, -ишке
-íške, -iške
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-и́шкам, -ишкам
-íškam, -iškam
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| accusative
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-и́шку, -ишку
-íšku, -išku
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-и́шки, -ишки
-íški, -iški
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| instrumental
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-и́шкой, -и́шкою, -ишкой, -ишкою
-íškoj, -íškoju, -iškoj, -iškoju
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-и́шками, -ишками
-íškami, -iškami
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| prepositional
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-и́шке, -ишке
-íške, -iške
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-и́шках, -ишках
-íškax, -iškax
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Derived terms