-ша

See also: ша and ща

Kazakh

Suffix

preceding vowel
А / Ы / О / ҰӘ / Е / І / Ө / Ү
postconsonantal -ша (-şa)-ше (-şe)
postvocalic -ша (-şa)-ше (-şe)

-ша • (-şa)

  1. Form of -ше (-şe) after the vowels А / Ы / О / Ұ.

Russian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • -ша: IPA(key): [ʂə]
  • -ша́: IPA(key): [ˈʂa] (rare)

Suffix

-ша • (-ša) f anim or m anim

  1. (feminine) Forms female equivalents of nouns denoting males, or nouns denoting the wife of the male equivalent.
    ‎генера́л (generál, “general”) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎генера́льша (generálʹša, “generaless, female general”)
    ‎секрета́рь (sekretárʹ, “secretary”) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎секрета́рша (sekretárša, “female secretary”)
    ‎Кли́нтон (Klínton, “[Bill] Clinton”) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Кли́нтонша (Klíntonša, “[Hillary] Clinton”) (colloquial)
  2. (masculine or feminine) Used to make diminutive forms of words, including personal names. When added to personal names, the name is normally truncated, typically down to a single syllable consisting of a consonant + vowel.
    ‎ле́во (lévo, “left”) + ‎-ша́ (-šá) → ‎левша́ (levšá, “lefty”)
    ‎Алекса́(ндр) (Aleksá(ndr), “Alexander”) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Алекса́ша (Aleksáša, “Sasha”) → ‎Са́ша (Sáša)
    ‎Але́(ксей) (Alé(ksej), “Alexey”) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Алёша (Aljóša, “Lyosha”)
    ‎Да́(рья) (Dá(rʹja), “Daria”) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Да́ша (Dáša, “Dasha”)
    ‎Ма(ри́я) (Ma(ríja), “Maria”) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Ма́ша (Máša, “Masha”)
    ‎Ми(хаи́л) (Mi(xaíl), “Mikhail”) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Ми́ша (Míša, “Misha”)
    ‎Ната́(лья) (Natá(lʹja), “Natalia”) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Ната́ша (Natáša, “Natasha”)
    ‎Па́(вел) (Pá(vel), “Pavel”) + ‎-ша (-ša) → ‎Па́ша (Páša, “Pasha”)

Declension

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ша

Descendants

  • Esperanto: -ĉjo

See also

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