-бище

Etymology

Generalized from nouns ending in -ба́ (-bá) to which -ище (-išče) had been added. Compare стрельба́ (strelʹbá, “shooting”) + -ище (-išče) → стре́льбище (strélʹbišče, “shooting range”), later reinterpreted as стреля́ть (streljátʹ) + -бище (-bišče); similarly with мо́льбище (mólʹbišče, “prayer ground”), originally derived from мольба́ (molʹbá, “entreaty, prayer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲɪɕːe]

Suffix

-бище • (-bišče)

1. Added to verbs to form nouns indicating locations.

   стреля́ть (streljátʹ, “to shoot”) → стре́льбище (strélʹbišče, “shooting ground, shooting range”)

   лежа́ть (ležátʹ, “to lie”) → ле́жбище (léžbišče, “lair”)

   класть (klastʹ, “to lay”), 1st. singular кладу́ (kladú) → кла́дбище (kládbišče, “cemetery”)