-бище

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Russian

Etymology

Generalized from nouns ending in -ба́ (-bá) to which -ище (-išče) had been added. Compare стрельба́ (strelʹbá, shooting) + -ище (-išče)стре́льбище (strélʹbišče, shooting range), later reinterpreted as стреля́ть (streljátʹ) + -бище (-bišče); similarly with мо́льбище (mólʹbišče, prayer ground), originally derived from мольба́ (molʹbá, entreaty, prayer).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-бище (-bišče)

  1. Added to verbs to form nouns indicating locations.
    стреля́ть (streljátʹ, to shoot) + -бище (-bišče)стре́льбище (strélʹbišče, shooting ground, shooting range)
    лежа́ть (ležátʹ, to lie) + -бище (-bišče)ле́жбище (léžbišče, lair)
    + -бище (-bišče)кла́дбище (kládbišče, cemetery)

Declension

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singular plural
nominative -бище
-bišče
-бища
-bišča
genitive -бища
-bišča
-бищ
-bišč
dative -бищу
-bišču
-бищам
-biščam
accusative -бище
-bišče
-бища
-bišča
instrumental -бищем
-biščem
-бищами
-biščami
prepositional -бище
-bišče
-бищах
-biščax
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