Bulgarian

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, шу́ш (šúš, hush) +‎ -кав (-kav) or, equivalently, from dialectal шу́шка (šúška, hush) +‎ -ав (-av).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃu̟ʃkɐf]
  • Hyphenation: шуш‧кав

Adjective

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шу́шкав (šúškav) (abstract noun шу́шкавост)

  1. (phonetics) (of sibilants) hushing - e.g. /ʒ/, /ʃ/, /d͡ʒ/ and /t͡ʃ/.
    шу́шкави съгласниšúškavi sǎglasnihushing sibilants

Declension

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See also

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References

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

Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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шушкав (šuškav) (comparative пошушкав, superlative најшушкав)

  1. sibilant
  2. rustling

Declension

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