-яга
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Russian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -а́га (-ága) — after hushing consonants
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-я́га • (-jága) m anim or m inan or f anim or f inan
- Suffix forming nouns denoting a possessor of a certain quality, often intensifying, and usually colloquial or informal.
- бе́дный (bédnyj, “poor”) + -я́га (-jága) → бедня́га (bednjága, “poor little thing, wretch”)
- броди́ть (brodítʹ, “to wander”) + -я́га (-jága) → бродя́га (brodjága, “tramp, vagabond”)
- двор (dvor, “yard”) + -я́га (-jága) → дворня́га (dvornjága, “mutt, mongrel”)
- рабо́тать (rabótatʹ, “to work”) + -я́га (-jága) → работя́га (rabotjága, “hard worker”)
- Suffix forming augmentatives or low colloquial forms of a noun.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
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- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian suffixes
- Russian masculine suffixes
- Russian animate suffixes
- Russian inanimate suffixes
- Russian suffixes with multiple animacies
- Russian feminine suffixes
- Russian suffixes with multiple genders
- Russian velar-stem feminine-form nouns
- Russian velar-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a