туча

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See also: тѫча

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tǫča, probably originally meaning precipitation, downpour (compare Old Church Slavonic тѫча (tǫča, downpour)). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian туча (hail), Slovene tọ́ča (blizzard) (dialectal), Russian ту́ча (túča, rainy cloud), Polish tęcza (rainbow).

Pronunciation

Noun

ту́ча (túčaf

  1. (obsolescent, dialectal) heavy rainfall, inundation, flood
    Synonyms: поро́й (porój), наводне́ние (navodnénie)

Declension

Declension of ту́ча
singular
indefinite ту́ча
túča
definite ту́чата
túčata

Derived terms

See also

References

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tǫ̀ča.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtut͡ɕɑ//ˈtut͡ɕa//ˈtut͡ɕa/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈtut͡ɕɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈtut͡ɕa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈtut͡ɕa/

  • Hyphenation: ту‧ча

Noun

туча (tučaf

  1. rainy cloud

Declension

Declension of туча (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative туча
tuča
тучи
tuči
тучѣ
tučě
genitive тучѣ
tučě
тучу
tuču
тучь
tučĭ
dative тучи
tuči
тучама
tučama
тучамъ
tučamŭ
accusative тучѫ
tučǫ
тучи
tuči
тучѣ
tučě
instrumental тучеѭ
tučejǫ
тучама
tučama
тучами
tučami
locative тучи
tuči
тучу
tuču
тучахъ
tučaxŭ
vocative туче
tuče
тучи
tuči
тучѣ
tučě

Descendants

  • Ukrainian: ту́ча (túča)
  • Russian: ту́ча (túča)

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L. (2020) «Слово о полку Игореве»: реконструкция стихотворного текста (in Russian), Moscow, Saint-Petersburg: Nestor-History, →ISBN, page 307

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic туча (tuča), from Proto-Slavic *tǫča, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (to contract). Compare the Slavic Old Church Slavonic тѫча (tǫča), Ukrainian ту́ча (túča), Polish tęcza and the Non-Slavic Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌽 (þeiƕōn) and Old Norse þéttr.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ту́ча (túčaf inan (genitive ту́чи, nominative plural ту́чи, genitive plural туч, relational adjective тучево́й, diminutive ту́чка)

  1. (meteorology) rain cloud; dark, heavy cloud
    Не́бо затянуто ту́чами.Nébo zatjanuto túčami.The sky is overcast.
    На не́бе собира́ются ту́чи.Na nébe sobirájutsja túči.Rain clouds are gathering in the sky.
    грозова́я ту́чаgrozovája túčastorm cloud
    ту́чи сгуща́ются (над ке́м-либо)
    túči sguščájutsja (nad kém-libo)
    storm clouds are gathering (over someone)
    как ту́чаkak túčagloomy, morose (about a person)
  2. (figuratively) moving multitude; cloud, host
    ту́чи враго́вtúči vragóvswarms of enemies

Declension

Descendants

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tût͡ʃa/
  • Hyphenation: ту‧ча

Noun

ту̏ча f (Latin spelling tȕča)

  1. fight, melee
  2. hail

Declension

Declension of туча
singular plural
nominative ту̏ча туче
genitive туче ту̑ча̄
dative тучи тучама
accusative тучу туче
vocative тучо туче
locative тучи тучама
instrumental тучом тучама

Further reading

  • туча”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • туча”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic туча (tuča), from Proto-Slavic *tǫča, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (to contract). Compare the Slavic Old Church Slavonic тѫча (tǫča), Russian ту́ча (túča), Polish tęcza and the Non-Slavic Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌽 (þeiƕōn) and Old Norse þéttr.

Pronunciation

Noun

ту́ча (túčaf inan (genitive ту́чі, nominative plural ту́чі, genitive plural туч)

  1. (meteorology) dark cloud, heavy cloud, rain cloud
  2. (figuratively, rare) cloud, mass (group or swarm)

Declension

Declension of ту́ча
(inan semisoft fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ту́ча
túča
ту́чі
túči
genitive ту́чі
túči
туч
tuč
dative ту́чі
túči
ту́чам
túčam
accusative ту́чу
túču
ту́чі
túči
instrumental ту́чею
túčeju
ту́чами
túčamy
locative ту́чі
túči
ту́чах
túčax
vocative ту́че
túče
ту́чі
túči

Further reading