чушка

Bulgarian

чушка

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃu̟ʃkɐ]

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• Syllabification^(key): чу‧шка
• Hyphenation^(key): чуш‧ка

Noun

чу́шка • (čúška) f

1. pepper (fruit of the pepper plant)

   Всяка вечер цял керван от каруци, натоварени с чу́шки, домати, зелки, потегляше към гарата

   Vsjaka večer cjal kervan ot karuci, natovareni s čúški, domati, zelki, potegljaše kǎm garata

   Every evening, a whole caravan of wagons loaded with peppers, tomatoes, cabbages left for the station

   Пълнени чу́шки ― Pǎlneni čúški ― Stuffed peppers

   Печени чу́шки ― Pečeni čúški ― Roasted peppers

2. pod a long and narrow sheath that contains the seeds of some plants

   Synonyms: шушулка (šušulka), люспа (ljuspa), черупка (čerupka), външна обвивка (vǎnšna obvivka)

   Бобови чу́шки ― Bobovi čúški ― Bean peppers

Declension

Declension of чу́шка

	singular	plural
indefinite	чу́шка čúška	чу́шки čúški
definite	чу́шката čúškata	чу́шките čúškite

Hyponyms

• арнау́тска чу́шка (arnaútska čúška)

See also

• пипе́рка (pipérka, “An individual fruit of the pepper plant”)

References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Slavic *češuja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃuʃka]
• Hyphenation: чуш‧ка
• Rhymes: -uʃka

Noun

чушка • (čuška) f (plural чушки)

1. stalk of fruits or vegetables
2. husk

   Synonym: мешунка f (mešunka)

3. (dialectal) pepper

   Synonym: пиперка f (piperka)

Declension

Declension of чушка

	singular	plural
indefinite	чушка	чушки
definite unspecified	чушката	чушките
definite proximal	чушкава	чушкиве
definite distal	чушкана	чушкине
vocative	чушко	чушки

Derived terms

• чушкар m (čuškar)

See also

• ќушка f (ḱuška)

Russian

Etymology

чу́ха (čúxa) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Alternatively, a Turkic borrowing: compare Azerbaijani çoşqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕuʂkə]

Noun

чу́шка • (čúška) f anim or f inan (genitive чу́шки, nominative plural чу́шки, genitive plural чу́шек, relational adjective чу́шковый)

1. (colloquial, animate) piglet, young pig
2. (low colloquial, inanimate) pig's muzzle
3. (low colloquial, animate) dirty person, especially a child
4. (criminal slang, animate) schmoe, schmuck (dirty, degraded person who anyone can humiliate)
5. (dialectal, inanimate) quarter of a pole, for making figures in the game of gorodki
6. (inanimate) ingot of metal, usually of cast iron; compare English pig iron

Declension

Declension of чу́шка (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	чу́шка čúška	чу́шки čúški
genitive	чу́шки čúški	чу́шек čúšek
dative	чу́шке čúške	чу́шкам čúškam
accusative animate inanimate	чу́шку čúšku	чу́шек čúšek
		чу́шки čúški
instrumental	чу́шкой, чу́шкою čúškoj, čúškoju	чу́шками čúškami
prepositional	чу́шке čúške	чу́шках čúškax

Related terms

• чу́ха (čúxa)
• чушпа́н (čušpán)