-яшка

Russian

Alternative forms
  • -а́шка (-áška)

Suffix

-я́шка • (-jáška) f or m

  1. Suffix used to form diminutive nouns from nouns and adjectives, often indicating a (small) object with a given quality.
    ‎вку́сный (vkúsnyj, “tasty”) + ‎-я́шка (-jáška) → ‎вкусня́шка (vkusnjáška, “delicacy, something yummy”)
    ‎стекло́ (stekló, “glass”) + ‎-я́шка (-jáška) → ‎стекля́шка (stekljáška, “a small piece of glass, a glass object”)
  2. Suffix used to form colloquial singular terms for identical siblings.
    ‎дво́йня (dvójnja, “(a pair of) twins”) + ‎-я́шка (-jáška) → ‎двойня́шка (dvojnjáška, “a twin”)
    ‎тро́йня (trójnja, “(a set of) triplets”) + ‎-я́шка (-jáška) → ‎тройня́шка (trojnjáška, “a triplet”)

Declension
Declension of -я́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative -я́шка
-jáška		 -я́шки
-jáški
genitive -я́шки
-jáški		 -я́шек
-jášek
dative -я́шке
-jáške		 -я́шкам
-jáškam
accusative -я́шку
-jášku		 -я́шки
-jáški
instrumental -я́шкой, -я́шкою
-jáškoj, -jáškoju		 -я́шками
-jáškami
prepositional -я́шке
-jáške		 -я́шках
-jáškax

Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -яшка
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