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чу́шка (čúškaf

  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 чу́шкиPǎlneni čúškiStuffed peppers
    Печени чу́шкиPečeni čúškiRoasted 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 чу́шкиBobovi čúškiBean peppers

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References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Proto-Slavic *češuja.

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

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чушка (čuškaf (plural чушки)

  1. stalk of fruits or vegetables
  2. husk
    Synonym: мешунка f (mešunka)
  3. (dialectal) pepper
    Synonym: пиперка f (piperka)

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Russian edit

Etymology edit

чу́ха (čúxa) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Alternatively, a Turkic borrowing: compare Azerbaijani çoşqa.

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чу́шка (čúškaf 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

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