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-ш
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Bulgarian
Etymology 1
bg suffix :inh sla-pro:*-jьjь<pos:comparative suffix> + 1 Used to form the comparative degree of adjectives, nowadays formed with the prefix bg по́-.
Suffix
bg suffix
bg dated unproductive Forms secondary adjectives with comparative meaning:
bg ви́с high tall obsolete or bg висо́к high tall standard → bg [[виш<id:high, tall> виш]] high(er), tall(er)
bg ни́сък low → bg нисш inferior
bg стар old, mature → bg старш senior
bg млад young, inexperienced → bg младш junior
bg вели́к great → bg велича́йш majestic, superior poetic
bg благ polite → bg блаже́йш very noble, honorable poetic
Usage notes
Adjectives that had been extended diachronically with a secondary element such as bg -ен from earlier i-stem adjectival declension, bg -ък from earlier u-stem adjectival declension drop the secondary element when the comparative bg -ш is applied.
Derived terms
bg -айшество, bg -ейшество -ness
Further reading
Duridanov, Iv. Степени на сравнение на прилагателни имена Граматика на Старобългарския език 1991 197 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences http://macedonia.kroraina.com/id_gram/gal/dur_gram_197.html
Etymology 2
bg suffix2 :inh sla-pro:*-vъšь<alt:*-(v)ъšь> + 1 1, past active participle ending.
Suffix
bg suffix
bg -вш
Kazakh
Etymology 1
kk trk-pro *-č.
Suffix
kk suffix
kk unproductive Diminutive suffix, usually followed by a possessive suffix.
kk ана анашым mother my dear mother
kk бота боташым baby camel my dear (said to a child)
Etymology 2
Suffix
kk suffix form
kk colloquial Form of kk -ші
kk Берш Give, please
Etymology 3
Suffix
kk suffix form
Form of kk -іш after a vowel.
Pannonian Rusyn
Alternative forms
rsk -шик -шка
Etymology
rsk zlw-osk -s, -si, -ska, from rsk sla-pro *sь. Cognate with be,rue,uk -сь, rue -ська, pl -ś, cs,sk -si.
Pronunciation
rsk ш
Particle
rsk particle
appended to relative/interrogative pronouns to form indefinite pronouns; some-
rsk да-
Usage notes
The particle is indeclinable; the pronoun to which it attaches declines instead.
The form rsk -шка only occurs in the nominative; consider rsk цошка, whose genitive forms can be rsk чогош or rsk чогошик, but not rsk *чогошка.
The form rsk -шик is not counted as one syllable when deriving syllable stress, e.g. rsk чого and rsk чогошик are both stressed on the initial syllable due to the penultimate stress rule.
Derived terms
rsk
Further reading
хтошка 871 2
Ukrainian
Etymology 1
uk comp :inh sla-pro:*-jьjь<alt:*-ьšь><id:comparative> ++ Used to form the comparative degree of adjectives.
Suffix
uk suffix variant -ше
-er; used to form the comparative.
Etymology 2
Suffix
uk suffix form fm-an
uk -ша gen//acc p
Derived terms
uk
References
uk uk:Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га uk:Полюга Лев Михайлович 2001 uk:Словник українських морфем<t:Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes> uk:Львів uk:Світ 966-603-105-1