-шок

Rebracketed from the suffix -о́к (-ók) added to diminutives whose roots end in х or ш.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂok]

-шо́к • (-šók)

1. Suffix added to normally masculine nouns to form diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning.

   ‎гре́бень (grébenʹ, “comb, crest”) + ‎-шо́к (-šók) → ‎гребешо́к (grebešók, “small comb, small crest; scallop”)

   ‎ко́рень (kórenʹ, “root”) + ‎-шо́к (-šók) → ‎корешо́к (korešók, “rootlet; spine (of a book); counterfoil”)

   ‎реме́нь (reménʹ, “strap”) + ‎-шо́к (-šók) → ‎ремешо́к (remešók, “small strap, thong”)

   ‎че́рен (čéren, “handle, stalk”) + ‎-шо́к (-šók) → ‎черешо́к (čerešók, “handle, stalk”)

• The diminutive suffix is always stressed and reducible, like the suffix -о́к (-ók) from which it is derived.
• The suffix replaces the final consonant of the root, which is usually н or нь; compare also горшо́к (goršók, “pot, flowerpot”), originally a diminutive of Proto-Slavic *gornъ (“pot, flowerpot”).

• -о́к (-ók)
• -шка (-ška)