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Russian
Etymology
голу́б(ка) (golúb(ka)) + -ушка (-uška)
Pronunciation
Noun
голу́бушка • (golúbuška) f anim (genitive голу́бушки, nominative plural голу́бушки, genitive plural голу́бушек)
- Diminutive of голу́бка (golúbka)
- (endearing) darling, honey, my dear (to a female)
1880, Салтыков-Щедрин, “По-родственному”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:— Вот что, голубушка, принеси-ка ты нам водочки да закусить что-нибудь! — отдаёт он приказание, останавливаясь в дверях, ведущих в коридор.- — Vot što, golubuška, prinesi-ka ty nam vodočki da zakusitʹ što-nibudʹ! — otdajót on prikazanije, ostanavlivajasʹ v dverjax, veduščix v koridor.
- ‘Now, my dear, just bring us along some vodka and a bite to eat!’ he orders, pausing at the doorway from the passage.
Declension