-ушки

Russian

Pronunciation

-ушки: IPA^(key): [ʊʂkʲɪ] (when unstressed)
-у́шки: IPA^(key): [ˈuʂkʲɪ] (when stressed)

Suffix

-ушки or -у́шки • (-uški or -úški) (also -нюшки (-njuški), -унюшки (-unjuški) after certain letters)

(colloquial, chiefly diminutive, produces particles or nouns)
‎потяг- (potjag-, “to stretch”) + ‎-у́шки (-úški) → ‎потягу́шки (potjagúški, “stretching”) (children's talk)

‎фи́га (fíga, “fig sign”) + ‎-ушки (-uški) → ‎фи́гушки (fíguški, “buggerall, the hell (I do)”) (expressive denial)

‎нет (net, “no”) + ‎-ушки (-uški) → ‎не́тушки (nétuški, “nope”)

агу́шки (imitating baby talk) ― agúški ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of -ушки, -у́шки (inan pl-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)

	plural
nominative	-ушки, -у́шки -uški, -úški
genitive	-ушек, -у́шек -ušek, -úšek
dative	-ушкам, -у́шкам -uškam, -úškam
accusative	-ушки, -у́шки -uški, -úški
instrumental	-ушками, -у́шками -uškami, -úškami
prepositional	-ушках, -у́шках -uškax, -úškax

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ушки

побегушки

потягушки

почесушки

ребятушки

Ukrainian

Etymology

From -ушка (-uška)

Pronunciation

-ушки: IPA^(key): [ ʊʃke] (when unstressed)
-у́шки: IPA^(key): [ ˈuʃke] (when stressed)

Suffix

-ушки or -у́шки • (-ušky or -úšky) f

inflection of -ушка (-uška):
1. genitive singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural