пушка

BulgarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

пу́шка (púškaf

  1. rifle, gun

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MacedonianEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpuʃka]
  • Hyphenation: пуш‧ка
  • Rhymes: -uʃka

NounEdit

пу́шка (púškaf (plural пу́шки, diminutive пу́вче or пу́шкиче)

  1. rifle, gun

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ReferencesEdit

  • пушка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

RussianEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpuʂkə]
  • (file)

NounEdit

пу́шка (púškaf inan (genitive пу́шки, nominative plural пу́шки, genitive plural пу́шек, related adjective пу́шечный)

  1. (military) gun, cannon
    90-мм зени́тная пу́шка90-mm zenítnaja púška90-mm anti-aircraft gun
    автомати́ческая пу́шкаavtomatíčeskaja púškaautocannon
  2. (colloquial) gun, handgun
  3. (colloquial) hoax
  4. (slang) something evoking strong emotions
Usage notesEdit

In modern military usage, пу́шка (púška) 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 пу́шка (púška) had been used to refer to any large artillery piece, similarly to the historical usage of the English word cannon.

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Etymology 2Edit

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NounEdit

пушка́ (puškám inan

  1. genitive singular of пушо́к (pušók)

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

пу̏шка f (Latin spelling pȕška)

  1. rifle
  2. gun

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DescendantsEdit

  • Albanian: pushkë