-ышка

Russian

Etymology

Apparently composed of the diminutive suffixes -ы́ш (-ýš) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɨʂkə]

Suffix

-ы́шка • (-ýška)

  1. Diminutive suffix forming nouns from adjectives, with a colloquial character.
    коро́ткий (korótkij, “short”) → короты́шка (korotýška, “shorty, short person”)
    пусто́й (pustój, “empty”) → пусты́шка (pustýška, “pacifier; shallow person”)

Declension

Declension of -ы́шка (inan 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 -ы́шку
-ýšku		 -ы́шки
-ýški
instrumental -ы́шкой, -ы́шкою
-ýškoj, -ýškoju		 -ы́шками
-ýškami
prepositional -ы́шке
-ýške		 -ы́шках
-ýškax
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