-ышко

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨʂkə]

Suffix

-ышко • (-yško)

1. Creates diminutives of neuter nouns, sometimes with a particularizing sense.

   ‎го́рло (górlo, “throat”) + ‎-ышко (-yško) → ‎го́рлышко (górlyško, “small throat”)

   ‎крыло́ (kryló, “wing”) + ‎-ышко (-yško) → ‎кры́лышко (krýlyško, “small wing”)

   ‎перо́ (peró, “feather”) + ‎-ышко (-yško) → ‎пёрышко (pjóryško, “small feather”)

   ‎стекло́ (stekló, “glass”) + ‎-ышко (-yško) → ‎стёклышко (stjóklyško, “(small) piece of glass”)

   ‎зерно́ (zernó, “grain”) + ‎-ышко (-yško) → ‎зёрнышко (zjórnyško, “(small) kernel of grain”)

   ‎со́лнце (sólnce, “sun”) + ‎-ышко (-yško) → ‎со́лнышко (sólnyško, “small sun”)

   ‎дно (dno, “bottom”) + ‎-ышко (-yško) → ‎до́нышко (dónyško, “(small) bottom”)

Usage notes

• The suffix is added to the stem of the word (i.e. minus its final vowel, if any).
• The suffix is often added to ending-stressed words. The stress is always drawn onto the preceding syllable.
• Unstressed e normally becomes ё when stressed.
• In some cases, a suffix is dropped, as in со́лнышко (sólnyško) from со́лнце (sólnce).
• The normal plural is irregular -́ышки.

Declension

Declension of -ы́шко (inan neut-form velar-stem accent-a reduc irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-ы́шко -ýško	-ы́шки△ -ýški△
genitive	-ы́шка -ýška	-ы́шек -ýšek
dative	-ы́шку -ýšku	-ы́шкам -ýškam
accusative	-ы́шко -ýško	-ы́шки△ -ýški△
instrumental	-ы́шком -ýškom	-ы́шками -ýškami
prepositional	-ы́шке -ýške	-ы́шках -ýškax

^△ Irregular.