See also: гуша

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic гуща (gušča), from Proto-Slavic *gǫšča, from *gǫstъ (dense) + *-ja.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuɕːə]
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Noun edit

гу́ща (gúščaf inan (genitive гу́щи, nominative plural гу́щи, genitive plural гущ)

  1. sediment, (coffee) grounds, (beer) lees, soup the body
    гада́ть на кофе́йной гу́щеgadátʹ na koféjnoj gúščeto read the leaves, to make wild guesses (lit: tell fortunes by coffee grounds)
  2. thicket
    в гу́ще ле́са
    v gúšče lésa
    in the thick of the forest
  3. thick, centre, middle
    в са́мую гу́щу масс
    v sámuju gúšču mass
    in the very midst of the masses
    в с́амой гу́ще собы́тий
    v śamoj gúšče sobýtij
    in the thick of things

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