-ушка
RussianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ушка or -у́шка • (-uška or -úška)
- (added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)
- (added to verbs, forms instruments or tools)
- ката́ть (katátʹ, “to roll”) + -у́шка (-úška) → кату́шка (katúška, “spool, bobbin, coil”)
- верте́ть (vertétʹ, “to turn”) + -у́шка (-úška) → верту́шка (vertúška, “revolving door, turnstile; (engineering) rotator”)
- лови́ть (lovítʹ, “to catch”) + -у́шка (-úška) → лову́шка (lovúška, “trap, snare”)
- (added to adjectives or numerals, forms colloquial nouns with the meaning of a carrier of the adjective's or numeral's properties)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | -ушка, -у́шка -uška, -úška |
-ушки, -у́шки -uški, -úški |
genitive | -ушки, -у́шки -uški, -úški |
-ушек, -у́шек -ušek, -úšek |
dative | -ушке, -у́шке -uške, -úške |
-ушкам, -у́шкам -uškam, -úškam |
accusative | -ушку, -у́шку -ušku, -úšku |
-ушки, -у́шки -uški, -úški |
instrumental | -ушкой, -ушкою, -у́шкой, -у́шкою -uškoj, -uškoju, -úškoj, -úškoju |
-ушками, -у́шками -uškami, -úškami |
prepositional | -ушке, -у́шке -uške, -úške |
-ушках, -у́шках -uškax, -úškax |
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DescendantsEdit
- → Armenian: -ուշկա (-uška)