psychuszka
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian психу́шка (psixúška, “informal: mental hospital”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpsychuszka f
- (colloquial) a mental hospital used for abusive psychiatric treatment of political dissidents in the communist countries (especially the Soviet Union) or Russia
- (by extension, colloquial, derogatory) any form of psychiatric treatment used for political repression
Declension
editDeclension of psychuszka
singular | plural | |
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nominative | psychuszka | psychuszki |
genitive | psychuszki | psychuszek |
dative | psychuszce | psychuszkom |
accusative | psychuszkę | psychuszki |
instrumental | psychuszką | psychuszkami |
locative | psychuszce | psychuszkach |
vocative | psychuszko | psychuszki |
Further reading
edit- psychuszka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- psychuszka in Polish dictionaries at PWN