гуща

See also: гуша

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic гуща (gušča), from Proto-Slavic *gǫšča, from *gǫstъ (“dense”) + *-ja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuɕːə]
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Noun

гу́ща • (gúšča) f inan (genitive гу́щи, nominative plural гу́щи, genitive plural гущ)

  1. sediment, (coffee) grounds, (beer) lees, soup the body
    гада́ть на кофе́йной гу́ще ― gadátʹ na koféjnoj gúšče ― to read the leaves, to make wild guesses (lit: tell fortunes by coffee grounds)
  2. thicket
    в гу́ще ле́са ― v gúšče lésa ― in the thick of the forest
  3. thick, centre, middle
    в са́мую гу́щу масс ― v sámuju gúšču mass ― in the very midst of the masses
    в с́амой гу́ще собы́тий ― v śamoj gúšče sobýtij ― in the thick of things

Declension

Declension of гу́ща (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative гу́ща
gúšča 		гу́щи
gúšči
genitive гу́щи
gúšči 		гу́щ
gúšč
dative гу́ще
gúšče 		гу́щам
gúščam
accusative гу́щу
gúšču 		гу́щи
gúšči
instrumental гу́щей, гу́щею
gúščej, gúščeju 		гу́щами
gúščami
prepositional гу́ще
gúšče 		гу́щах
gúščax
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