-ușcă

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -ушька (-ušĭka).

Suffix edit

-ușcă f (plural -uște)

Forms feminine diminutives of nouns.
‎muiere (“woman”) + ‎-ușcă → ‎muierușcă (“little woman”)

‎rață (“duck”) + ‎-ușcă → ‎rățușcă (“ducky”)

‎mierlă (“blackbird”) + ‎-ușcă → ‎mierlușcă (“small blackbird”)

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