-ша

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Kazakh

Suffix

preceding vowel
А / Ы / О / Ұ Ә / Е / І / Ө / Ү
postconsonantal -ша (-şa) -ше (-şe)
postvocalic -ша (-şa) -ше (-şe)

-ша (-şa)

  1. Form of -ше (-şe) after the vowels А / Ы / О / Ұ.

Russian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Suffix

-ша (-šaf anim or m anim

  1. (feminine) Forms female equivalents of nouns denoting males, or nouns denoting the wife of the male equivalent.
    генера́л (generál, general) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎генера́льша (generálʹša, generaless, female general)
    секрета́рь (sekretárʹ, secretary) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎секрета́рша (sekretárša, female secretary)
    Кли́нтон (Klínton, Clinton) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Кли́нтонша (Klíntonša, Clinton) (colloquial)
  2. (masculine or feminine) Used to make diminutive forms of words, including personal names. When added to personal names, the name is normally truncated, typically down to a single syllable consisting of a consonant + vowel.
    ле́во (lévo, left) + ‎-ша́ (-šá) → ‎левша́ (levšá, lefty)
    Алекса́(ндр) (Aleksá(ndr), Alexander) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Алекса́ша (Aleksáša, Sasha) → ‎Са́ша (Sáša)
    Але́(ксей) (Alé(ksej), Alexey) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Алёша (Aljóša, Lyosha)
    Да́(рья) (Dá(rʹja), Daria) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Да́ша (Dáša, Dasha)
    Ма(ри́я) (Ma(ríja), Maria) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Ма́ша (Máša, Masha)
    Ми(хаи́л) (Mi(xaíl), Mikhail) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Ми́ша (Míša, Misha)
    Ната́(лья) (Natá(lʹja), Natalia) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Ната́ша (Natáša, Natasha)
    Па́(вел) (Pá(vel), Pavel) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Па́ша (Páša, Pasha)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Esperanto: -ĉjo

See also