кукушка
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic; from ку-ку́ (ku-kú) + -шка (-ška). See Latin cucūlus, English cuckoo for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]куку́шка • (kukúška) f anim (genitive куку́шки, nominative plural куку́шки, genitive plural куку́шек, relational adjective куку́шковый or куку́шкин or куку́шечий, diminutive куку́шечка, augmentative куку́ха)
- cuckoo
- (figurative) woman who left her newborn baby
- (railroad, slang) cuckoo (a term used for the old «Ку» series locomotives)
- (railroad, slang) cuckoo (a term for a suburban light-rail with several cars)
- (military, slang) sniper whose firing position is located in a tree
Declension
[edit]Declension of куку́шка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | куку́шка kukúška |
куку́шки kukúški |
| genitive | куку́шки kukúški |
куку́шек kukúšek |
| dative | куку́шке kukúške |
куку́шкам kukúškam |
| accusative | куку́шку kukúšku |
куку́шек kukúšek |
| instrumental | куку́шкой, куку́шкою kukúškoj, kukúškoju |
куку́шками kukúškami |
| prepositional | куку́шке kukúške |
куку́шках kukúškax |
Hyponyms
[edit]Compounds of the term:
- четырёхкрылая куку́шка f anim (četyrjóxkrylaja kukúška)
Derived terms
[edit]- куку́ха f (kukúxa)
- кукушо́нок m anim (kukušónok)
Compounds:
- часы́ с куку́шкой pl (časý s kukúškoj)
- From куку́шкин (kukúškin):
- куку́шкин лён m (kukúškin ljon)
- куку́шкины слёзки m (kukúškiny sljózki)
- From куку́ха (kukúxa):
- пое́хать куку́хой pf (pojéxatʹ kukúxoj)
- Phrases
- From куку́ха (kukúxa):
- куку́ха пое́хала (kukúxa pojéxala)
Related terms
[edit]- кукова́ть impf (kukovátʹ)
See also
[edit]- сна́йпер m (snájper)
Further reading
[edit]- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “кукуша”, 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.
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- ru:Cuckoos
