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Russian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-и́ха or -иха • (-íxa or -ixa)
- Forms nouns referring to feminine animals.
- бобр (bobr, “beaver”) + -иха (-ixa) → бобри́ха (bobríxa, “female beaver”)
- бегемо́т (begemót, “hippopotamus”) → бегемо́тиха (begemótixa, “female hippopotamus”)
- барсу́к (barsúk, “badger”) → барсучи́ха (barsučíxa, “female badger”)
- за́яц (zájac, “hare”) (oblique stem зайц- (zajc-)) → зайчи́ха (zajčíxa, “female hare”)
- ёж (jož, “hedgehog”) → ежи́ха (ježíxa, “female hedgehog”)
- Forms nouns referring to feminine people, often of a colloquial nature.
- врач (vrač, “doctor”) → врачи́ха (vračíxa, “female doctor (colloquial)”)
- портно́й (portnój, “tailor”) → портни́ха (portníxa, “female tailor (normal register)”)
- чува́к (čuvák, “dude, guy (slang)”) → чуви́ха (čuvíxa, “girl, chick (slang)”)
- Forms nouns referring to objects, of a decidedly colloquial and often pejorative nature.
- шум (šum, “noise”) → шуми́ха (šumíxa, “hype, buzz (colloquial, pejorative)”)
- не- (ne-, “not”) + разобра́ться (razobrátʹsja, “to sort out”) (present tense разберу́сь (razberúsʹ)) → неразбери́ха (nerazberíxa, “muddle, mess, SNAFU (colloquial)”)
Usage notes
The suffix has the following properties:
- The stem may or may not be stressed (more often stressed than not).
- A velar (as well as ц) normally turns into a palatal as a result of the Slavic first palatalization.
- With reducible nouns, the stem assumes its non-reduced form before the suffix.
- A stressed ё turns into е when the stressed variant of the suffix is added.
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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-и́ха, -иха
-íxa, -ixa
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-и́хи, -ихи
-íxi, -ixi
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| genitive
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-и́хи, -ихи
-íxi, -ixi
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-и́х, -их
-íx, -ix
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| dative
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-и́хе, -ихе
-íxe, -ixe
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-и́хам, -ихам
-íxam, -ixam
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| accusative
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animate
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-и́ху, -иху
-íxu, -ixu
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-и́х, -их
-íx, -ix
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| inanimate
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-и́хи, -ихи
-íxi, -ixi
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| instrumental
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-и́хой, -и́хою, -ихой, -ихою
-íxoj, -íxoju, -ixoj, -ixoju
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-и́хами, -ихами
-íxami, -ixami
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| prepositional
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-и́хе, -ихе
-íxe, -ixe
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-и́хах, -ихах
-íxax, -ixax
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Derived terms
See also
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-и́ха or -иха • (-ýxa or -yxa)
- Forms nouns referring to wives
- кова́ль (koválʹ, “smith”) → ковали́ха (kovalýxa, “smith's wife”)
- Кайда́ш (Kajdáš) → Кайдаши́ха (Kajdašýxa, “wife of a man with the surname Kaydash, a married woman with the surname Kaydash”)
- Тимоше́нко (Tymošénko) → Тимоше́нчиха (Tymošénčyxa, “wife of a man with the surname Tymoshenko, a married woman with the surname Tymoshenko”)
- Forms nouns referring to feminine animals.
- бобе́р (bobér, “beaver”) + -иха (-yxa) → бобри́ха (bobrýxa, “female beaver”)
- борсу́к (borsúk, “badger”) → борсучи́ха (borsučýxa, “female badger”)
- за́єць (zájecʹ, “hare”) (oblique stem зайц- (zajc-)) → зайчи́ха (zajčýxa, “female hare”)
- жук (žuk, “beetle”) → жучи́ха (žučýxa, “female beetle”)
- (uncommon) Forms nouns referring to feminine people, often of a colloquial nature.
- (uncommon) Forms nouns referring to objects, of a decidedly colloquial and often pejorative nature.
Derived terms