-ище

See also: -иште

Russian

Pronunciation

-ище: IPA^(key): [ʲɪɕːe]
-и́ще: IPA^(key): [ˈʲiɕːe]

Suffix

-ище or -и́ще • (-išče or -íšče) n inan, n anim, m inan, m anim

Аttached to nouns to form augmentatives.
самова́р (samovár, “samovar”) → самова́рище (samovárišče, “large samovar”) (neuter)

ко́готь (kógotʹ, “claw, talon”), genitive singular ко́гтя (kógtja) → когти́ще (kogtíšče, “large claw or talon”) (masculine inanimate)

волк (volk, “wolf”) → волчи́ще (volčíšče, “large wolf”) (masculine animate)
Attached to nouns and verbs to form neuter nouns indicating locations.
пожа́р (požár, “fire”) → пожа́рище (požárišče, “site of a fire”)

дно (dno, “bottom”) → дни́ще (dníšče, “bottom (of a barrel, ship, etc.)”)

убега́ть (ubegátʹ, “to flee”) or убежа́ть (ubežátʹ, “to flee”) → убе́жище (ubéžišče, “refuge, asylum, shelter”)
Attached to verbs to form neuter, often colloquial, nouns indicating objects having the quality of the verb.
посмеши́ть (posmešítʹ, “to laugh for awhile”) → посме́шище (posméšišče, “laughing stock”)

уеба́ть (ujebátʹ, “to fuck up, to destroy; to hit; to exhaust; etc. (vulgar)”) → уёбище (ujóbišče, “something ugly or disgusting, shit, dreck; asshole, dipshit, fuckwad (vulgar)”)

Usage notes

Comes in both stressed and unstressed variants. The above declension tables show the unstressed variants; the stressed variants are identical except for the stress on -и́ще.
When added to reducible nouns, it is added onto the reduced stem of the noun (for masculine reducible nouns, found everywhere but in the nominative singular).
Triggers the Slavic first palatalization when added to nouns and verbs whose stem ends in a velar (к г х) or in ц.
Augmentatives of inanimate masculine nouns can be either neuter or masculine. Most such masculine augmentatives have an optional plural in -и; some have a required plural in -и.
Augmentatives or animate masculine nouns are generally masculine animate. Such nouns have a required plural in -и and have alternative colloquial forms in the singular with feminine endings.

Declension

neuter

Declension of -ище (bian neut-form sibilant-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ище -išče	-ища -išča
genitive	-ища -išča	-ищ -išč
dative	-ищу -išču	-ищам -iščam
accusative animate inanimate	-ище -išče	-ищ -išč
accusative animate inanimate	-ище -išče	-ища -išča
instrumental	-ищем -iščem	-ищами -iščami
prepositional	-ище -išče	-ищах -iščax

masculine

Declension of -ище (inan neut-form sibilant-stem accent-a irreg)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ище -išče	-ища, -ищи^△ -išča, -išči^△
genitive	-ища -išča	-ищ -išč
dative	-ищу -išču	-ищам -iščam
accusative	-ище -išče	-ища, -ищи^△ -išča, -išči^△
instrumental	-ищем -iščem	-ищами -iščami
prepositional	-ище -išče	-ищах -iščax

△ Irregular.

masculine animate

Declension of -ище (anim neut-form sibilant-stem accent-a irreg)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ище -išče	-ищи^△ -išči^△
genitive	-ища, -ищи² -išča, -išči²	-ищ -išč
dative	-ищу, -ище² -išču, -išče²	-ищам -iščam
accusative	-ища, -ищу¹ -išča, -išču¹	-ищ -išč
instrumental	-ищем, -ищей² -iščem, -iščej²	-ищами -iščami
prepositional	-ище -išče	-ищах -iščax

¹ Colloquial.
² Less common, more colloquial.
△ Irregular.

Derived terms

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