каша

From Old East Slavic каша (kaša), from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʂa]

ка́ша • (káša) f inan (genitive ка́шы, nominative plural ка́шы, genitive plural ка́шаў)

1. porridge, gruel, oatmeal

From Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃɐ]

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ка́ша • (káša) f (diminutive ка́шица or ка́шичка)

1. mash, mush
2. porridge, oatmeal

   ове́сена ка́ша ― ovésena káša ― oat porridge

3. (figurative) mess (confusion)

• “каша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “каша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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Sometimes compared with Skolt Sami kašš (“whore, prostitute”). In this case, may be related to ка̄ккш (kākkš, “bitch (female dog)”). May also be related to каршар (karšar, “Russian female”) (obsolete).

каша (kaša)

1. (obsolete, offensive, ethnic slur) Russki, Russkie (Russian person)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kaša”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃa]

каша • (kaša) f (relational adjective кашест or кашав, diminutive кашичка or кашица, augmentative кашиште)

1. porridge, gruel, oatmeal
2. batter (beaten mixture of flour and liquid)
3. slush, mush
4. (figurative) mess, chaos, jumble (confusion)

Inherited from Old East Slavic каша (kaša), from Proto-Slavic *kaša. Cognates include Slovak kaša and Serbo-Croatian kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʂə]

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ка́ша • (káša) f inan (genitive ка́ши, nominative plural ка́ши, genitive plural каш, diminutive ка́шка)

1. porridge, gruel
   • 1952, “Выбор блюд для обеда, завтрака и ужина”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):

     Поле́зно у́тром есть ка́шу (овся́ную, гре́чневую, пшё́нную) с молоко́м и́ли ма́слом, а та́кже фру́кты.

     Polézno útrom jestʹ kášu (ovsjánuju, gréčnevuju, pšónnuju) s molokóm íli máslom, a tákže frúkty.

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2. mash, mush
3. (figuratively) muddle, mess, confusion (e.g. каша в голове)

• ка́шица f (kášica)
• ка́шка f (káška)

Compound words:

• кашева́р m anim (kaševár)
• кашева́рить impf (kaševáritʹ)
• кашеобра́зный (kašeobráznyj)
• однока́шник m anim (odnokášnik)

Compounds:

• берёзовая ка́ша f (berjózovaja káša)
• ка́ша из топора́ f (káša iz toporá)
• щи да ка́ша (šči da káša)

Phrases

• завари́ть ка́шу pf (zavarítʹ kášu)
• ка́ши не сва́ришь (káši ne svárišʹ)
• проси́ть ка́ши impf (prosítʹ káši) (about torn boots)

Proverbs

• ка́шу ма́слом не испо́ртишь (kášu máslom ne ispórtišʹ)
• щи да ка́ша — пи́ща на́ша (šči da káša — píšča náša)
• From ка́шка (káška):
  • хороша́ ка́шка, да мала́ ча́шка (xorošá káška, da malá čáška)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “каша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “каша”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 389

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “каша”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): /kâʃa/
• Hyphenation: ка‧ша

ка̏ша f (Latin spelling kȁša)

1. porridge

From Old East Slavic каша (kaša), from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃɐ]

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ка́ша • (káša) f inan (genitive ка́ші, nominative plural ка́ші, genitive plural каш)

1. gruel, oatmeal, porridge