-ишка

• -и́шка: IPA^(key): [ˈʲiʂkə]
• -ишка: IPA^(key): [ʲɪʂkə]

-и́шка or -ишка • (-íška or -iška)

1. Suffix added to normally masculine nouns, forms diminutives, often with a pejorative meaning.

   ‎сын (syn, “son”) + ‎-и́шка (-íška) → ‎сыни́шка (syníška, “sonny, little son”)

   ‎вор (vor, “thief”) + ‎-и́шка (-íška) → ‎вори́шка (voríška, “petty thief (derogatory)”)

   ‎мещани́н (meščanín, “petit bourgeois, philistine”) + ‎-ишка (-iška) → ‎мещани́нишка (meščaníniška, “petty philistine (derogatory)”)

   ‎па́рень (párenʹ, “fellow”) + ‎-и́шка (-íška) → ‎парни́шка (parníška, “lad, boy”)

   ‎мысль (myslʹ, “thought, idea”) + ‎-и́шка (-íška) → ‎мысли́шка (myslíška, “petty thought, petty judgment (derogatory)”)

   ‎шине́ль (šinélʹ, “overcoat”) + ‎-ишка (-iška) → ‎шине́лишка (šinéliška, “nasty overcoat (derogatory)”)

   ‎ма́льч(ик) (málʹč(ik), “boy”) + ‎-ишка (-iška) → ‎мальчи́шка (malʹčíška, “urchin, greenhorn”)

• The suffix is more often stressed than not.
• If added to a noun denoting a male person, the resulting noun remains masculine despite the ending.
• If added to a reducible noun, the noun assumes its reduced form (e.g. парни́шка (parníška) from па́рень (párenʹ)).
• If added to a noun ending in a suffix, the suffix is sometimes dropped (e.g. мальчи́шка (malʹčíška) from ма́льчик (málʹčik)).

• -ушка (-uška)
• -шка (-ška)
• -чка (-čka)
• -ка (-ka)