kuša

See also: kusa, kusą, kuşa, and куса

Slovak

Etymology

Uncertain, cognate to Czech kuše, Polish kusza.[1] Possibly borrowed from Old Czech kušě (“a dog with severed tail”), from Proto-Slavic *kǫsъ (“truncated”) + *-ja.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkuʃa]

Noun

kuša f

  1. crossbow

Declension

Declension of kuša
(pattern ulica)
singularplural
nominativekušakuše
genitivekušekúš,
kuší
dativekušikušiam
accusativekušukuše
locativekušikušiach
instrumentalkušoukušami

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “kuša”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN
  2. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “kuša”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, pages 311-312

Further reading

  • “kuša”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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