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-ище

-ище

See also: -иште

Russian

Suffix

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

  1. attached to nouns to form augmentatives
  2. (neuter inanimate) attached to past-tense stems of imperfective verbs to form nouns describing the location in which the action of the verb happens
  3. (neuter) attached to verb stems to form nouns that enable the verb

Declension

neuter
masculine
masculine animate

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.
  • Sometimes masculine. Most masculine nouns have an optional plural in -и; some have a required plural in -и.
  • Sometimes masculine animate. Such nouns have a required plural in -и and have alternative colloquial forms in the singular with feminine endings.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Russian_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5_(augmentative)'>Russian words suffixed with -ище (augmentative)</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Russian_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5_(location)'>Russian words suffixed with -ище (location)</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Russian_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5_(enabler)'>Russian words suffixed with -ище (enabler)</a>