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Bulgarian
Etymology
Common Slavic, from Old High German buhsa (“box”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”), from Late Latin buxis (“box”), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “boxwood box”). The "firearm" sense dates back to the 14th c.
There are numerous cognates in Slavic and Balkan languages, including Hungarian puska, Romanian pușcă, Albanian pushkë, Czech puška and Russian пу́шка (púška).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Syllabification(key): пу‧шка
- Hyphenation(key): пуш‧ка
Noun
пу́шка • (púška) f
- rifle
Declension
References
- “пушка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “пушка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пушка¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, pages 20-21
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
пу́шка • (púška) f (plural пу́шки, diminutive пу́вче or пу́шкиче)
- rifle, gun
Declension
Related terms
References
- “пушка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Russian
Etymology 1
Common Slavic. Inherited from Old East Slavic пушка (puška) / пушька (pušĭka). Further etymology is disputed:
Pronunciation
Noun
пу́шка • (púška) f inan (genitive пу́шки, nominative plural пу́шки, genitive plural пу́шек, relational adjective пу́шечный, diminutive пу́шечка)
- (military) gun, cannon
- 90-мм зени́тная пу́шка ― 90-mm zenítnaja púška ― 90-mm anti-aircraft gun
- автомати́ческая пу́шка ― avtomatíčeskaja púška ― autocannon
- (colloquial) gun, handgun
- (colloquial) hoax
- (slang) something evoking strong emotions
Usage notes
In modern military usage, пу́шка (púška) refers to an artillery piece with a relatively long barrel, operating with a relatively low angle of fire or as a direct fire weapon, e.g. a field gun, an anti-aircraft gun, or an autocannon.
Historically, the word пу́шка (púška) had been used to refer to any large artillery piece, similarly to the historical usage of the English word cannon.
Declension
Related terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пушка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пу́шка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 86
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
пушка́ • (pušká) m inan
- genitive singular of пушо́к (pušók)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Common Slavic, from Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pûʃka/
- Hyphenation: пуш‧ка
Noun
пу̏шка f (Latin spelling pȕška, diminutive пу̏шкица)
- rifle
- gun
Declension
Descendants