-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”) + ‎-ы́шка (-ýška) → ‎короты́шка (korotýška, “shorty, short person”)

   ‎пусто́й (pustój, “empty”) + ‎-ы́шка (-ýška) → ‎пусты́шка (pustýška, “pacifier; shallow person”)

Declension

Declension of -ы́шка (bian 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	animate	-ы́шку -ýšku	-ы́шек -ýšek
	inanimate		-ы́шки -ýški
instrumental		-ы́шкой, -ы́шкою -ýškoj, -ýškoju	-ы́шками -ýškami
prepositional		-ы́шке -ýške	-ы́шках -ýškax