puška
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This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech puška, borrowed from Old High German buhsa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā, borrowed from Late Latin buxis, borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís), from πῠ́ξος (púxos) + -ις (-is).
Pronunciation
Noun
puška f
Declension
Further reading
- “puška”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “puška”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “puška”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Old High German buhsa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā, borrowed from Late Latin buxis, borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís), from πῠ́ξος (púxos) + -ις (-is).
Pronunciation
Noun
puška f
Declension
Declension of puška (hard a-stem reducible)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | puška | pušcě | pušky |
| genitive | pušky | puškú | pušek |
| dative | pušcě | puškama | puškám |
| accusative | pušku | pušcě | pušky |
| vocative | puško | pušcě | pušky |
| locative | pušcě | puškú | puškách |
| instrumental | puškú | puškama | puškami |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
- Czech: puška
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “puška”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).
Pronunciation
Noun
pȕška f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏шка, diminutive pȕškica)
Declension
Declension of puška
Descendants
- → Albanian: pushkë
Further reading
- “puška” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).
Pronunciation
Noun
puška f
Declension
Declension of puška
Further reading
- “puška”, 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, 2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).
Pronunciation
Noun
pȗška f
Inflection
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| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | púška | ||
| gen. sing. | púške | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
púška | púški | púške |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
púške | púšk | púšk |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
púški | púškama | púškam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
púško | púški | púške |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
púški | púškah | púškah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
púško | púškama | púškami |
Further reading
- “puška”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “puška”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references