-яшка
Russian
Alternative forms
- -а́шка (-áška)
Suffix
-я́шка • (-jáška) f or m
- Suffix used to form diminutive nouns from nouns and adjectives, often indicating a (small) object with a given quality.
- вку́сный (vkúsnyj, “tasty”) + -я́шка (-jáška) → вкусня́шка (vkusnjáška, “delicacy, something yummy”)
- стекло́ (stekló, “glass”) + -я́шка (-jáška) → стекля́шка (stekljáška, “a small piece of glass, a glass object”)
- Suffix used to form colloquial singular terms for identical siblings.
- дво́йня (dvójnja, “(a pair of) twins”) + -я́шка (-jáška) → двойня́шка (dvojnjáška, “a twin”)
- тро́йня (trójnja, “(a set of) triplets”) + -я́шка (-jáška) → тройня́шка (trojnjáška, “a triplet”)
Declension
Declension of -я́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -я́шка -jáška | -я́шки -jáški |
| genitive | -я́шки -jáški | -я́шек -jášek |
| dative | -я́шке -jáške | -я́шкам -jáškam |
| accusative | -я́шку -jášku | -я́шки -jáški |
| instrumental | -я́шкой, -я́шкою -jáškoj, -jáškoju | -я́шками -jáškami |
| prepositional | -я́шке -jáške | -я́шках -jáškax |
Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -яшка