-ушка
Russian
Etymology
Extracted from nouns with the suffix -уха (-uxa) + -ка (-ka) by rebracketing: стару́ха (starúxa) + -ка (-ka) → стару́шка (starúška) → стар (star) + -ушка (-uška).
Pronunciation
- -ушка: IPA(key): [ʊʂkə]
- -у́шка: IPA(key): [ˈuʂkə]
Suffix
-ушка or -у́шка • (-uška or -úška)
- (added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)
- (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)
Declension
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 |
Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -ушка
Related terms
- -ишка (-iška)
- -шка (-ška)
Descendants
- → Armenian: -ուշկա (-uška)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Extracted from nouns with the suffix -уха (-uxa) + -ка (-ka) by rebracketing: сиву́ха (syvúxa) + -ка (-ka) → сиву́шка (syvúška) → сивий (syvyj) + -ушка (-uška).
Pronunciation
- -ушка: IPA(key): [ ʊʃkɐ]
- -у́шка: IPA(key): [ ˈuʃkɐ]
Suffix
-ушка or -у́шка • (-uška or -úška) f
- (added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)
- (added to verbs, forms instruments or tools)
- ката́ти (katáty, “to roll”) + -у́шка (-úška) → кату́шка (katúška, “spool, bobbin, coil”)
- верті́ти (vertíty, “to turn”) + -у́шка (-úška) → верту́шка (vertúška, “revolving door, turnstile; (engineering) rotator”)
- лови́ти (lovýty, “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)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -́у́шка -́úška |
-́у́шки -́úšky |
| genitive | -́у́шки -́úšky |
-́у́шок -́úšok |
| dative | -́у́шці -́úšci |
-́у́шкам -́úškam |
| accusative | -́у́шку -́úšku |
-́у́шки -́úšky |
| instrumental | -́у́шкою -́úškoju |
-́у́шками -́úškamy |
| locative | -́у́шці -́úšci |
-́у́шках -́úškax |
| vocative | -́у́шко -́úško |
-́у́шки -́úšky |
Derived terms
Related terms
- -ішка (-iška)
- -шка (-ška)
Descendants
- → Armenian: -ուշկա (-uška)