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Slovak
Etymology
Uncertain, cognate to Czech kuše, Polish kusza.[1] Possibly borrowed from Old Czech kušě (“a dog with severed tail”), from Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ (“truncated”) + *-ja.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
kuša f
- crossbow
Declension
Declension of
kuša (pattern
ulica)
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “kuša”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “kuša”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, pages 311-312
Further reading
- “kuša”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025