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Russian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ышко • (-yško)
- Creates diminutives of neuter nouns, sometimes with a particularizing sense.
- го́рло (górlo, “throat”) + -ышко (-yško) → го́рлышко (górlyško, “small throat”)
- крыло́ (kryló, “wing”) + -ышко (-yško) → кры́лышко (krýlyško, “small wing”)
- перо́ (peró, “feather”) + -ышко (-yško) → пёрышко (pjóryško, “small feather”)
- стекло́ (stekló, “glass”) + -ышко (-yško) → стёклышко (stjóklyško, “(small) piece of glass”)
- зерно́ (zernó, “grain”) + -ышко (-yško) → зёрнышко (zjórnyško, “(small) kernel of grain”)
- со́лнце (sólnce, “sun”) + -ышко (-yško) → со́лнышко (sólnyško, “small sun”)
- дно (dno, “bottom”) + -ышко (-yško) → до́нышко (dónyško, “(small) bottom”)
Usage notes
- The suffix is added to the stem of the word (i.e. minus its final vowel, if any).
- The suffix is often added to ending-stressed words. The stress is always drawn onto the preceding syllable.
- Unstressed e normally becomes ё when stressed.
- In some cases, a suffix is dropped, as in со́лнышко (sólnyško) from со́лнце (sólnce).
- The normal plural is irregular -́ышки.
Declension