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Russian
Etymology
Extracted from nouns with the suffix -уха (-uxa) + -ка (-ka) by rebracketing: стару́ха (starúxa) + ка (ka) → стару́шка (starúška) → стар (star) + -ушка (-uška).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ушка or -у́шка • (-uška or -úška)
- (added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)
- коро́ва (koróva, “cow”) + -ушка (-uška) → коро́вушка (koróvuška, “small cow”)
- река́ (reká, “river”) + -у́шка (-úška) → речу́шка (rečúška, “small river, rivulet”)
- го́лубь (gólubʹ, “dove”) + -ушка (-uška) → голу́бушка (golúbuška, “my dear, darling (to a woman, colloquial)”)
- (added to verbs, forms instruments or tools)
- ката́ть (katátʹ, “to roll”) + -у́шка (-úška) → кату́шка (katúška, “spool, bobbin, coil”)
- верте́ть (vertétʹ, “to turn”) + -у́шка (-úška) → верту́шка (vertúška, “revolving door, turnstile; (engineering) rotator”)
- лови́ть (lovítʹ, “to catch”) + -у́шка (-úška) → лову́шка (lovúška, “trap, snare”)
- (added to adjectives or numerals, forms colloquial nouns with the meaning of a carrier of the adjective's or numeral's properties)
- губно́й (gubnój, “lip (relational)”) + -у́шка (-úška) → губну́шка (gubnúška, “lipstick (colloquial)”)
- два (dva, “two”) + -у́шка (-úška) → дву́шка (dvúška, “two-kopeck coin; two-bedroom apartment; bus, tram, etc. number two (colloquial)”)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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-ушка, -у́шка -uška, -úška
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-ушки, -у́шки -uški, -úški
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genitive
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-ушки, -у́шки -uški, -úški
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-ушек, -у́шек -ušek, -úšek
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dative
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-ушке, -у́шке -uške, -úške
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-ушкам, -у́шкам -uškam, -úškam
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accusative
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-ушку, -у́шку -ušku, -úšku
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-ушки, -у́шки -uški, -úški
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instrumental
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-ушкой, -ушкою, -у́шкой, -у́шкою -uškoj, -uškoju, -úškoj, -úškoju
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-ушками, -у́шками -uškami, -úškami
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prepositional
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-ушке, -у́шке -uške, -úške
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-ушках, -у́шках -uškax, -úškax
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Derived terms
Descendants