-лище

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲɪɕːe]
  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲiɕːe] (occasionally)

Suffix

-́лище or -ли́ще (-́lišče or -líšče)

  1. Suffix used to form neuter nouns from verbs, usually denoting a place and sometimes having an archaic or literary feel.
    зреть (zretʹ, to watch) + -лище (-lišče)зре́лище (zrélišče, spectacle, show)
    храни́ть (xranítʹ, to store) + -лище (-lišče)храни́лище (xranílišče, repository, storehouse)
    влага́ть (vlagátʹ, to put in) + -лище (-lišče)влага́лище (vlagálišče, vagina) (literally "place of insertion")
    обита́ть (obitátʹ, to dwell) + -лище (-lišče)обита́лище (obitálišče, (slightly dated) abode, residence)
    корми́ть (kormítʹ, to feed) + -лище (-lišče)корми́лище (kormílišče, (rare) feeding or eating place)
    суди́ть (sudítʹ, to judge) + -лище (-lišče)суди́лище (sudílišče, (dated) court of law; (pejorative) unfair trial)
    чи́стить (čístitʹ, to clean) + -лище (-lišče)чисти́лище (čistílišče, purgatory)
    жить (žitʹ, to live) + -лище (-lišče)жили́ще (žilíšče, dwelling)

Usage notes

  • The stress is drawn onto the preceding syllable, except in the rare cases where the suffix itself is stressed.
  • Many of these words were actually borrowed from Old Church Slavonic.

Declension

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