-ушка

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-ушка or -у́шка • (-uška or -úška)

(added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)
‎коро́ва (koróva, “cow”) + ‎-ушка (-uška) → ‎коро́вушка (koróvuška, “small cow”)

‎река́ (reká, “river”) + ‎-у́шка (-úška) → ‎речу́шка (rečúška, “small river, rivulet”)

‎го́лубь (gólubʹ, “dove”) + ‎-ушка (-uška) → ‎голу́бушка (golúbuška, “my dear, darling (to a woman, colloquial)”)
(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)
‎губно́й (gubnój, “lip (relational)”) + ‎-у́шка (-úška) → ‎губну́шка (gubnúška, “lipstick (colloquial)”)

‎два (dva, “two”) + ‎-у́шка (-úška) → ‎дву́шка (dvúška, “two-kopeck coin; two-bedroom apartment; bus, tram, etc. number two (colloquial)”)

Declension of -ушка, -у́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
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