каша

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kasa"

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic каша (kaša), from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʂa]

Noun

ка́ша • (káša) f inan (genitive ка́шы, nominative plural ка́шы, genitive plural ка́шаў)

1. porridge, gruel, oatmeal

Declension

Declension of ка́ша (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ка́ша káša	ка́шы kášy
genitive	ка́шы kášy	ка́шаў kášaŭ
dative	ка́шы kášy	ка́шам kášam
accusative	ка́шу kášu	ка́шы kášy
instrumental	ка́шай, ка́шаю kášaj, kášaju	ка́шамі kášami
locative	ка́шы kášy	ка́шах kášax
count form	—	ка́шы1 kášy1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kaša.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ка́ша • (káša) f (diminutive ка́шица or ка́шичка)

1. mash, mush
2. porridge, oatmeal

   ове́сена ка́ша ― ovésena káša ― oat porridge

3. (figurative) mess (confusion)

Declension

Declension of ка́ша

	singular	plural
indefinite	ка́ша káša	ка́ши káši
definite	ка́шата kášata	ка́шите kášite

References

• “каша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “каша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kildin Sami

Etymology

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Sometimes compared with Skolt Sami kašš (“whore, prostitute”). In this case, may be related to ка̄ккш (kākkš, “bitch (female dog)”). May also be related to каршар (karšar, “Russian female”) (obsolete).

Noun

каша (kaša)

1. (obsolete, offensive, ethnic slur) Russki, Russkie (Russian person)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kaša”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃa]

Noun

каша • (kaša) f (relational adjective кашест or кашав, diminutive кашичка or кашица, augmentative кашиште)

1. porridge, gruel, oatmeal
2. batter (beaten mixture of flour and liquid)
3. slush, mush
4. (figurative) mess, chaos, jumble (confusion)

Declension

Declension of каша

	singular	plural
indefinite	каша	каши
definite unspecified	кашата	кашите
definite proximal	кашава	кашиве
definite distal	кашана	кашине
vocative	кашо	каши

Derived terms

• каша-попара (kaša-popara)
• кашаник m (kašanik)
• кашар m (kašar)
• кашарок m (kašarok)
• пораскашави (poraskašavi)
• раскашави (raskašavi)
• раскашавува (raskašavuva)
• се кашави (se kašavi)
• се пораскашави (se poraskašavi)
• се раскашави (se raskašavi)
• се раскашавува (se raskašavuva)

 

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic каша (kaša), from Proto-Slavic *kaša. Cognates include Slovak kaša and Serbo-Croatian kaša.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʂə]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ка́ша • (káša) f inan (genitive ка́ши, nominative plural ка́ши, genitive plural каш, diminutive ка́шка)

1. porridge, gruel
   • 1952, “Выбор блюд для обеда, завтрака и ужина”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):

     Поле́зно у́тром есть ка́шу (овся́ную, гре́чневую, пшё́нную) с молоко́м и́ли ма́слом, а та́кже фру́кты.

     Polézno útrom jestʹ kášu (ovsjánuju, gréčnevuju, pšónnuju) s molokóm íli máslom, a tákže frúkty.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. mash, mush
3. (figuratively) muddle, mess, confusion (e.g. каша в голове)

Declension

Declension of ка́ша (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ка́ша káša	ка́ши káši
genitive	ка́ши káši	ка́ш káš
dative	ка́ше káše	ка́шам kášam
accusative	ка́шу kášu	ка́ши káši
instrumental	ка́шей, ка́шею kášej, kášeju	ка́шами kášami
prepositional	ка́ше káše	ка́шах kášax

Derived terms

• ка́шица (kášica)
• кашева́р (kaševár)
• однока́шник (odnokášnik)
• кашеобра́зный (kašeobráznyj)

Descendants

Descendants

• → English: kasha
• → Romanian: cașă (Moldova)
• → Tofa: һааша (haaša)
• → Yakut: хааһы (qaahı)
• → Yiddish: קאַשע (kashe)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “каша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “каша”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 389

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâʃa/
• Hyphenation: ка‧ша

Noun

ка̏ша f (Latin spelling kȁša)

1. porridge

Declension

Declension of каша

	singular	plural
nominative	ка̏ша	каше
genitive	каше	ка̑ша̄
dative	каши	кашама
accusative	кашу	каше
vocative	кашо	каше
locative	каши	кашама
instrumental	кашом	кашама

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic каша (kaša), from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ка́ша • (káša) f inan (genitive ка́ші, nominative plural ка́ші, genitive plural каш)

1. gruel, oatmeal, porridge

Declension

Declension of ка́ша (inan semisoft fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ка́ша káša	ка́ші káši
genitive	ка́ші káši	каш kaš
dative	ка́ші káši	ка́шам kášam
accusative	ка́шу kášu	ка́ші káši
instrumental	ка́шею kášeju	ка́шами kášamy
locative	ка́ші káši	ка́шах kášax
vocative	ка́ше káše	ка́ші káši