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-бище
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Russian
Etymology
Generalized from nouns ending in ru -ба́ to which ru -ище had been added. Compare ru стрельба́ shooting + ru -ище → ru стре́льбище shooting range, later reinterpreted as ru стреля́ть + ru -бище; similarly with ru мо́льбище prayer ground, originally derived from ru мольба́ entreaty, prayer.
Pronunciation
Suffix
ru suffix
Added to verbs to form nouns indicating locations.
ru стреля́ть to shoot стре́льбище shooting ground, shooting range
ru лежа́ть to lie ле́жбище lair
ru класть to lay 1st. singular ru кладу́ кла́дбище cemetery
Declension
See also
ru -ище
ru -лище, ru -и́лище