-бище

Russian

Etymology

Generalized from nouns ending in -ба́ (-bá) to which -ище (-išče) had been added. Compare стрельба́ (strelʹbá, “shooting”) + -ище (-išče) → стре́льбище (strélʹbišče, “shooting range”), later reinterpreted as стреля́ть (streljátʹ) + -бище (-bišče); similarly with мо́льбище (mólʹbišče, “prayer ground”), originally derived from мольба́ (molʹbá, “entreaty, prayer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪɕːe]

Suffix

-бище • (-bišče)

  1. Added to verbs to form nouns indicating locations.
    ‎стреля́ть (streljátʹ, “to shoot”) + ‎-бище (-bišče) → ‎стре́льбище (strélʹbišče, “shooting ground, shooting range”)
    ‎лежа́ть (ležátʹ, “to lie”) + ‎-бище (-bišče) → ‎ле́жбище (léžbišče, “lair”)
    ‎класть (klastʹ, “to lay”) (1st. singular кладу́ (kladú)) + ‎-бище (-bišče) → ‎кла́дбище (kládbišče, “cemetery”)

Declension

See also

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