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-ушка
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Russian
Alternative forms
ru -юшка
Etymology
Extracted from nouns with the suffix ru -уха -ка by ru 1: ru стару́ха -ка → ru стару́шка → ru стар -ушка.
Pronunciation
-ушка y
-у́шка y
Suffix
ru suffix f -ушка -у́шка noun-forming suffixes
(added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)
ru коро́ва cow коро́вушка small cow
ru река́ river -у́шка речу́шка small river, rivulet
ru го́лубь dove голу́бушка my dear, darling to a woman, colloquial
(added to verbs, forms instruments or tools)
ru ката́ть to roll -у́шка кату́шка spool, bobbin, coil
ru верте́ть to turn -у́шка верту́шка revolving door, turnstile; (engineering) rotator
ru лови́ть to catch -у́шка лову́шка trap, snare
(added to adjectives or numerals, forms colloquial nouns with the meaning of a carrier of the adjective's or numeral's properties)
ru губно́й lip relational -у́шка губну́шка lipstick colloquial
ru два two -у́шка дву́шка two-kopeck coin; two-bedroom apartment; bus, tram, etc. number two colloquial
Declension
-ушка * or -у́шка *
Derived terms
ru -ушка
Related terms
ru -ишка
ru -шка
Descendants
hy -ուշկա 1
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
uk -юшка
Etymology
uk comb :af -уха<id:nominal> -ка<id:dim> 1 Extracted from nouns with the suffix uk -уха -ка by uk 1: uk сиву́ха -ка → uk сиву́шка → uk сивий -ушка. Cognate with pl -uszka.
Pronunciation
-́ушка y
-у́шка y
Suffix
uk suffix f -ушка -у́шка noun-forming suffixes
(added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)
uk сивий gray of hair сивушка raw vodka/horilka endearing
(added to verbs, forms instruments or tools)
uk ката́ти to roll -у́шка кату́шка spool, bobbin, coil
uk верті́ти to turn -у́шка верту́шка revolving door, turnstile; (engineering) rotator
uk лови́ти to catch -у́шка лову́шка trap, snare
(added to adjectives or numerals, forms colloquial nouns with the meaning of a carrier of the adjective's or numeral's properties)
uk два two -у́шка дву́шка two-kopeck coin; two-bedroom apartment; bus, tram, etc. number two colloquial
Declension
((-́у́шка<*>, -́у́шка<pr.*>))
Derived terms
uk
Related terms
uk -шка
Descendants
hy -ուշկա 1