-ишка

Russian Pronunciation -и́шка y -ишка y Suffix ru suffix -и́шка -ишка noun-forming suffixes Suffix added to normally masculine nouns, forms diminutives, often with a pejorative meaning. ru сын son -и́шка сыни́шка sonny, little son ru вор thief -и́шка вори́шка petty thief derogatory ru мещани́н petit bourgeois, philistine мещани́нишка petty philistine derogatory ru па́рень fellow -и́шка парни́шка lad, boy ru мысль thought, idea -и́шка мысли́шка petty thought, petty judgment derogatory ru шине́ль overcoat шине́лишка nasty overcoat derogatory ru ма́льчик ма́льч(ик) boy мальчи́шка urchin, greenhorn Usage notes The suffix is more often stressed than not. If added to a noun denoting a male person, the resulting noun remains masculine despite the ending. If added to a reducible noun, the noun assumes its reduced form (e.g. ru парни́шка from ru па́рень). If added to a noun ending in a suffix, the suffix is sometimes dropped (e.g. ru мальчи́шка from ru ма́льчик). Declension -и́шка * or -ишка * Derived terms ru -ишка Related terms ru -ушка ru -шка ru -чка ru -ка Descendants az -işka 1