-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

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -яшка
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