штука

Macedonian

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• Hyphenation: шту‧ка
• Rhymes: -uka

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščùka.

Noun

шту́ка • (štúka) f (plural шту́ки)

1. pike (fish)

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Stuka, from Sturzkampfflugzeug (“dive bomber”).

Noun

шту́ка • (štúka) f (plural шту́ки)

1. Stuka (German Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber)

Declension

References

• “штука” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

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штука

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Etymology

Borrowed from Polish sztuka (“piece”), in turn from German Stück. Cognate to English shtick.

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Noun

шту́ка • (štúka) f inan (genitive шту́ки, nominative plural шту́ки, genitive plural штук, relational adjective шту́чный, diminutive шту́чка)

1. piece, each (in counting items)

   Свеча́ — одна́ шту́ка ― Svečá — odná štúka ― Candle — one each (= one candle)

2. thing

   Что э́то за шту́ка?

   Što éto za štúka?

   What sort of thing is this?

   Вот так шту́ка!

   Vot tak štúka!

   What a mess!

3. (colloquial) thousand

   Он мне шту́ку ба́ксов до́лжен ― On mne štúku báksov dólžen ― He owes me a thousand bucks.

4. Stuka (German Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber)

Declension

See also

• кусо́к m (kusók)
• часть f (častʹ)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščùka.

Noun

шту̏ка f (Latin spelling štȕka)

1. pike

Declension

Further reading

• “штука” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “штука” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “штука” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish sztuka (“piece”), from German Stück. Cognate to English shtick.

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Noun

шту́ка • (štúka) f inan (genitive шту́ки, nominative plural шту́ки, genitive plural штук, relational adjective шту́чний, diminutive шту́чка)

1. piece (single item belonging to a class of similar items)

   за шту́ку ― za štúku ― apiece, per piece, each

2. (colloquial) thing (various senses)

   Synonym: (noncolloquial) річ f (rič)

   ось у чо́му шту́ка ― osʹ u čómu štúka ― here's the thing, that's the thing

3. (colloquial) piece (an artistic creation)
4. (colloquial) piece of work (person who has a strong and unusual personality)
5. (colloquial) trick (mischievous or annoying behaviour; a prank)
6. (colloquial) trick (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)

   Synonyms: трюк m (trjuk), фо́кус m (fókus)

Declension

Noun

шту́ка • (štúka) f inan (genitive шту́ки, uncountable) (dialectal)

1. art

   Synonym: (nondialectal) мисте́цтво n (mystéctvo)

2. skill

   Synonyms: (nondialectal) умі́ння n (umínnja), (nondialectal) майсте́рність f (majstérnistʹ)

Declension

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “штука”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “штука”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “штука”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “штука”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “штука”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “штука”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)