-ышко
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɨʂkə]
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
Declension of -ы́шко (inan neut-form velar-stem accent-a reduc irreg)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ы́шко -ýško | -ы́шки△ -ýški△ |
| genitive | -ы́шка -ýška | -ы́шек -ýšek |
| dative | -ы́шку -ýšku | -ы́шкам -ýškam |
| accusative | -ы́шко -ýško | -ы́шки△ -ýški△ |
| instrumental | -ы́шком -ýškom | -ы́шками -ýškami |
| prepositional | -ы́шке -ýške | -ы́шках -ýškax |
△ Irregular.