-шка

From -ха (-xa) + -ка (-ka). Compare Old Novgorodian -ха (-xa) +‎ -ька (-ĭka) attested in Вѧцешька (Vęcʹješĭka).

• IPA^(key): [ ʃka]

-шка • (-ška) f (diminutive -шечка, augmentative -ха)

1. (added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)
2. (added to verbs, forms instruments, tools, subjects or objects)

   ‎вари́ти (varýty, “to boil”) + ‎-шка (-ška) → ‎вари́шка (varýška, “ladle”)

   ‎по- (po-) + ‎бігати (bihaty, “to have a run”) + ‎-шка (-ška) → ‎побіга́шка (pobiháška, “gofer, running errands”)

   ‎по- (po-) + ‎крити (kryty) + ‎-шка (-ška) → ‎по́кри́шка (pókrýška)

3. (added to adjectives or numerals, forms colloquial nouns with the meaning of a carrier of the adjective's or numeral's properties)

   ‎п'ятнадцять (pʺjatnadcjatʹ) + ‎-шка (-ška) → ‎п'ятнашки pl (pʺjatnašky, children game)

• -ушка (-uška)

• “шк”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]