-ш

Derived from Proto-Slavic *-ьšь (comparative suffix). Used to form the comparative degree of adjectives, nowadays formed with the prefix по́- (pó-).

-ш • (-š)

1. (dated, unproductive) Forms secondary adjectives with comparative meaning:

   ви́сен (vísen, “elevated”) (obsolete) → висш (visš, “superior”)

   ни́сък (nísǎk, “low”) → нисш (nisš, “inferior”)

   стар (star, “old, mature”) → старш (starš, “senior”)

   млад (mlad, “young, inexperienced”) → младш (mladš, “junior”)

   вели́к (velík, “great”) → велича́йш (veličájš, “majestic, superior”) (poetic)

   благ (blag, “polite”) → блаже́йш (blažéjš, “very noble, honorable”) (poetic)

Adjectives that had been extended diachronically with a secondary element such as -ен (-en) (from earlier i-stem adjectival declension), -ък (-ǎk) (from earlier u-stem adjectival declension) drop the secondary element when the comparative -ш (-š) is applied.

• -айшество (-ajšestvo), -ейшество (-ejšestvo, “-ness”)

• Duridanov, Iv. (1991), “Степени на сравнение на прилагателни имена”, in Граматика на Старобългарския език‎^[1], Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 197

From Proto-Slavic *-(v)ъšь, past active participle ending.

-ш • (-š)

1. alternative form of -вш (-vš)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-č.

-ш • (-ş)

1. Diminutive suffix, used with kinship terms, usually followed by a possessive suffix.

   ‎ана (ana, “mother”) + ‎-ш (-ş) → ‎анаш(ым) (anaş(ym), “(my) dear mother”)

-ш • (-ş)

1. (colloquial) Form of -ші (-şı)

   Берш ― Berş ― Give, please

• -шик (-šik), -шка (-ška)

Inherited from Old Slovak -s, -si, -ska, from Proto-Slavic *sь. Cognate with Belarusian, Carpathian Rusyn, and Ukrainian -сь (-sʹ), Carpathian Rusyn -ська (-sʹka), Polish -ś, Czech and Slovak -si.

• IPA^(key): [ˈ-ʃ]
• Hyphenation: ш

-ш (-š)

1. appended to relative/interrogative pronouns to form indefinite pronouns; some-

   Synonym: да- (da-)

• The particle is indeclinable; the pronoun to which it attaches declines instead.
• The form -шка (-ška) only occurs in the nominative; consider цошка (coška), whose genitive forms can be чогош (čohoš) or чогошик (čohošik), but not *чогошка (*čohoška).
• The form -шик (-šik) is not counted as one syllable when deriving syllable stress, e.g. чого (čoho) and чогошик (čohošik) are both stressed on the initial syllable due to the penultimate stress rule.

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “хтошка”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 871

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьšь, from Proto-Indo-European *-yōs. Used to form the comparative degree of adjectives.

-ш • (-š) (variant -ше)

1. -er; used to form the comparative.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

-ш • (-š) f anim or m anim

1. genitive/accusative plural of -ша (-ša)

• Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га [Lev Myxájlovyč Poljúha] (2001), Словник українських морфем [Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkyx morfem, Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes] (in Ukrainian), Львів [Lʹviv]: Світ [Svit], →ISBN