-ище

See also: -иште

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-išče.

Pronunciation

• -ище: IPA^(key): [ʲɪɕːe]
• -и́ще: IPA^(key): [ˈʲiɕːe]

Suffix

-ище or -и́ще • (-išče or -íšče) n inan or n anim or m inan or m anim

2. Аttached to nouns to form augmentatives.

   ‎самова́р (samovár, “samovar”) + ‎-ище (-išče) → ‎самова́рище n inan (samovárišče, “large samovar”)

   ‎ко́готь (kógotʹ, “claw, talon”) (genitive singular ко́гтя (kógtja)) + ‎-и́ще (-íšče) → ‎когти́ще m inan (kogtíšče, “large claw or talon”)

   ‎волк (volk, “wolf”) + ‎-и́ще (-íšče) → ‎волчи́ще m anim (volčíšče, “large wolf”)

3. Attached to nouns and verbs to form neuter nouns indicating locations.

   ‎пожа́р (požár, “fire”) + ‎-ище (-išče) → ‎пожа́рище (požárišče, “site of a fire”)

   ‎дно (dno, “bottom”) + ‎-и́ще (-íšče) → ‎дни́ще (dníšče, “bottom (of a barrel, ship, etc.)”)

   ‎убега́ть (ubegátʹ, “to flee”) or ‎убежа́ть (ubežátʹ, “to flee”) + ‎-ище (-išče) → ‎убе́жище (ubéžišče, “refuge, asylum, shelter”)

4. Attached to verbs to form neuter, often colloquial, nouns indicating objects having the quality of the verb.

   ‎посмеши́ть (posmešítʹ, “to laugh for a while”) + ‎-ище (-išče) → ‎посме́шище (posméšišče, “laughing stock”)

   ‎уеба́ть (ujebátʹ, “to fuck up, to destroy; to hit; to exhaust; etc.”) (vulgar) + ‎-ище (-išče) → ‎уёбище (ujóbišče, “something ugly or disgusting, shit, dreck; asshole, dipshit, fuckwad”) (vulgar)

Usage notes

• Comes in both stressed and unstressed variants. The above declension tables show the unstressed variants; the stressed variants are identical except for the stress on -и́ще.
• When added to reducible nouns, it is added onto the reduced stem of the noun (for masculine reducible nouns, found everywhere but in the nominative singular).
• Triggers the Slavic first palatalization when added to nouns and verbs whose stem ends in a velar (к г х) or in ц.
• Augmentatives of inanimate masculine nouns can be either neuter or masculine. Most such masculine augmentatives have an optional plural in -и; some have a required plural in -и.
• Augmentatives or animate masculine nouns are generally masculine animate. Such nouns have a required plural in -и and have alternative colloquial forms in the singular with feminine endings.

Declension

neuter

Declension of -ище (bian neut-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-ище -išče	-ища -išča
genitive	-ища -išča	-ищ -išč
dative	-ищу -išču	-ищам -iščam
accusative animate inanimate	-ище -išče	-ищ -išč
		-ища -išča
instrumental	-ищем -iščem	-ищами -iščami
prepositional	-ище -išče	-ищах -iščax

masculine

Declension of -ище (inan neut-form sibilant-stem accent-a irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-ище -išče	-ища, -ищи△ -išča, -išči△
genitive	-ища -išča	-ищ -išč
dative	-ищу -išču	-ищам -iščam
accusative	-ище -išče	-ища, -ищи△ -išča, -išči△
instrumental	-ищем -iščem	-ищами -iščami
prepositional	-ище -išče	-ищах -iščax

^△ Irregular.

masculine animate

Declension of -ище (anim neut-form sibilant-stem accent-a irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-ище -išče	-ищи△ -išči△
genitive	-ища, -ищи2 -išča, -išči2	-ищ -išč
dative	-ищу, -ище2 -išču, -išče2	-ищам -iščam
accusative	-ища, -ищу1 -išča, -išču1	-ищ -išč
instrumental	-ищем, -ищей2 -iščem, -iščej2	-ищами -iščami
prepositional	-ище -išče	-ищах -iščax

¹ Colloquial.
² Less common, more colloquial.
^△ Irregular.

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ище