Russian

Suffix

-ша • ‎(-ša) f anim, m anim

1. (feminine) Forms female equivalents of nouns denoting males, or nouns denoting the wife of the male equivalent.

   генера́л ‎(generál, “general”) → генера́льша ‎(generálʹša, “generaless”)

   секрета́рь ‎(sekretárʹ, “secretary”) → секрета́рша ‎(sekretárša, “female secretary”)

   Кли́нтон ‎(Klínton, “[Bill] Clinton”) → Кли́нтонша ‎(Klíntonša, “[Hillary] Clinton”) (colloquial)

2. (masculine or feminine) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   ле́во ‎(lévo, “left”) → левша́ ‎(levšá, “lefty”)

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