-ышка
Russian
Etymology
Apparently composed of the diminutive suffixes -ы́ш (-ýš) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɨʂkə]
Suffix
-ы́шка • (-ýška)
- Diminutive suffix forming nouns from adjectives, with a colloquial character.
- коро́ткий (korótkij, “short”) + -ы́шка (-ýška) → короты́шка (korotýška, “shorty, short person”)
- пусто́й (pustój, “empty”) + -ы́шка (-ýška) → пусты́шка (pustýška, “pacifier; shallow person”)
Declension
Declension of -ы́шка (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ы́шка -ýška | -ы́шки -ýški |
| genitive | -ы́шки -ýški | -ы́шек -ýšek |
| dative | -ы́шке -ýške | -ы́шкам -ýškam |
| accusative animate inanimate | -ы́шку -ýšku | -ы́шек -ýšek |
| -ы́шки -ýški | ||
| instrumental | -ы́шкой, -ы́шкою -ýškoj, -ýškoju | -ы́шками -ýškami |
| prepositional | -ы́шке -ýške | -ы́шках -ýškax |