пуща
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic пуща (pušča, “desolate place”), from Proto-Slavic *puťa, *pušča from *pȗstъ (“desolate”) (compare пусто́й (pustój)). Cognate with Polish puszcza, Ukrainian пу́ща (púšča), Belarusian пу́шча (púšča).
Pronunciation
Noun
пу́ща • (púšča) f inan (genitive пу́щи, nominative plural пу́щи, genitive plural пущ)
Declension
Pre-reform declension of пу́ща (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- пусто́й (pustój), пу́сто (pústo), пустота́ (pustotá)
- пустова́ть (pustovátʹ)
- пусте́ть (pustétʹ)
Further reading
- пуща in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru