пушка

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuʃkə]

Noun

пу́шка • (púška) f

1. rifle, gun

Declension

Declension of пу́шка

	singular	plural
indefinite	пу́шка púška	пу́шки púški
definite	пу́шката púškata	пу́шките púškite

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuʃka]

Noun

пушка • (puška) f (diminutive пувче or пушкиче)

1. rifle, gun

Declension

Declension of пушка

	singular	plural
indefinite	пушка	пушки
definite unspecified	пушката	пушките
definite proximal	пушкава	пушкиве
definite distal	пушкана	пушкине
vocative	пушко	пушки

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Russian

Etymology 1

Common Slavic. Inherited from Old East Slavic пушка (puška) / пушька (pušĭka). Further etymology is disputed:

• Vasmer: borrowed from Old High German buhsa via Czech puška, Polish puszka, from Vulgar Latin buxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís). Initial п- is of Bavarian origin.
• Černyh: possibly from *пущька (*puščĭka), from пущати (puščati, “to throw projectiles; to fire”). On the basis of West Slavic (and partly South Slavic) this word hybridized with Old High German buhsa. Compare Lower Sorbian buška.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuʂkə]

Noun

пу́шка • (púška) f inan (genitive пу́шки, nominative plural пу́шки, genitive plural пу́шек, related adjective пу́шечный)

1. (military) gun, cannon

   90-мм зени́тная пу́шка ― 90-mm zenítnaja púška ― 90-mm anti-aircraft gun

   автомати́ческая пу́шка ― avtomatíčeskaja púška ― autocannon

2. (colloquial) gun, handgun
3. hoax (informal)

Usage notes

In modern military usage, пушка refers to an artillery piece with a relatively long barrel, operating with a relatively low angle of fire or as a direct fire weapon, e.g. a field gun, an anti-aircraft gun, or an autocannon.

Historically, the word пушка had been used to refer to any large artillery piece, similarly to the historical usage of the English word cannon.

Declension

Declension of пу́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пу́шка púška	пу́шки púški
genitive	пу́шки púški	пу́шек púšek
dative	пу́шке púške	пу́шкам púškam
accusative	пу́шку púšku	пу́шки púški
instrumental	пу́шкой, пу́шкою púškoj, púškoju	пу́шками púškami
prepositional	пу́шке púške	пу́шках púškax

Pre-reform declension of пу́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пу́шка púška	пу́шки púški
genitive	пу́шки púški	пу́шекъ púšek
dative	пу́шкѣ púškě	пу́шкамъ púškam
accusative	пу́шку púšku	пу́шки púški
instrumental	пу́шкой, пу́шкою púškoj, púškoju	пу́шками púškami
prepositional	пу́шкѣ púškě	пу́шкахъ púškax

Related terms

• пушка́рь m (puškárʹ)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пушка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, Pavel (1999), “пу́шка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russian Language, page 86

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʊʂˈka]

Noun

пушка́ • (pušká) m inan

1. genitive singular of пушо́к (pušók)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Common Slavic, from Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûʃka/
• Hyphenation: пуш‧ка

Noun

пу̏шка f (Latin spelling pȕška)

1. rifle
2. gun

Declension

Declension of пушка

	singular	plural
nominative	пу̏шка	пушке
genitive	пушке	пу̏ша̄ка̄
dative	пушци	пушкама
accusative	пушку	пушке
vocative	пушко	пушке
locative	пушци	пушкама
instrumental	пушком	пушкама

Descendants

• → Albanian: pushkë