-ище

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See also: -їще and -иште

Pannonian Rusyn

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak -išče, dialectal -iščo, from Proto-Slavic *-išče.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ище (-iščen

  1. noun-forming suffix, denoting a place where something takes place
    вашар (vašar, fair) + ‎-ище (-išče) → ‎вашарище (vašarišče, fairground)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-išče.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ище or -и́ще (-išče or -íščen inan or n anim or m inan or m anim

  1. Аttached to nouns to form augmentatives.
    самова́р (samovár, samovar) + ‎-ище (-išče) → ‎самова́рище n inan (samovárišče, large samovar)
    ко́готь (kógotʹ, claw, talon) (genitive singular ко́гтя (kógtja)) + ‎-и́ще (-íšče) → ‎когти́ще m inan (kogtíšče, large claw or talon)
    волк (volk, wolf) + ‎-и́ще (-íšče) → ‎волчи́ще m anim (volčíšče, large wolf)
  2. Attached to nouns and verbs to form neuter nouns indicating locations.
    пожа́р (požár, fire) + ‎-ище (-išče) → ‎пожа́рище (požárišče, site of a fire)
    дно (dno, bottom) + ‎-и́ще (-íšče) → ‎дни́ще (dníšče, bottom (of a barrel, ship, etc.))
    убега́ть (ubegátʹ, to flee) or ‎убежа́ть (ubežátʹ, to flee) + ‎-ище (-išče) → ‎убе́жище (ubéžišče, refuge, asylum, shelter)
  3. Attached to verbs to form neuter, often colloquial, nouns indicating objects having the quality of the verb.
    посмеши́ть (posmešítʹ, to laugh for a while) + ‎-ище (-išče) → ‎посме́шище (posméšišče, laughing stock)
    уеба́ть (ujebátʹ, to fuck up, to destroy; to hit; to exhaust; etc.) (vulgar) + ‎-ище (-išče) → ‎уёбище (ujóbišče, something ugly or disgusting, shit, dreck; asshole, dipshit, fuckwad) (vulgar)

Usage notes

  • Comes in both stressed and unstressed variants. The above declension tables show the unstressed variants; the stressed variants are identical except for the stress on -и́ще.
  • When added to reducible nouns, it is added onto the reduced stem of the noun (for masculine reducible nouns, found everywhere but in the nominative singular).
  • Triggers the Slavic first palatalization when added to nouns and verbs whose stem ends in a velar (к г х) or in ц.
  • Augmentatives of inanimate masculine nouns can be either neuter or masculine. Most such masculine augmentatives have an optional plural in -и; some have a required plural in -и.
  • Augmentatives of animate masculine nouns are generally masculine animate. Such nouns have a required plural in -и and have alternative colloquial forms in the singular with feminine endings.

Declension

neuter
masculine
masculine animate

Derived terms