туша

Russian

Etymology 1

Probably related to тук (tuk, “fat, lard”), тыть (tytʹ, “тучнеть, to grow stout/fat, to put on flesh”) as Russian кры́ша (krýša, “roof”) related to Russian крыть (krytʹ, “to cover, to roof”) (Vasmer, Shansky, Tsyganenko). Alternatively related to ту́хнуть (túxnutʹ) (mentioned by Vasmer); or to то́щий (tóščij), or from Turkic (Chernych).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuʂə]

Noun

ту́ша • (túša) f inan (genitive ту́ши, nominative plural ту́ши, genitive plural туш, diminutive ту́шка)

1. carcass
2. (colloquial, derogatory) fat person
3. (colloquial, derogatory) meathead, stupid muscular person

Declension

Declension of ту́ша (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ту́ша túša	ту́ши túši
genitive	ту́ши túši	ту́ш túš
dative	ту́ше túše	ту́шам túšam
accusative	ту́шу túšu	ту́ши túši
instrumental	ту́шей, ту́шею túšej, túšeju	ту́шами túšami
prepositional	ту́ше túše	ту́шах túšax

Pre-reform declension of ту́ша (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ту́ша túša	ту́ши túši
genitive	ту́ши túši	ту́шъ túš
dative	ту́шѣ túšě	ту́шамъ túšam
accusative	ту́шу túšu	ту́ши túši
instrumental	ту́шей, ту́шею túšej, túšeju	ту́шами túšami
prepositional	ту́шѣ túšě	ту́шахъ túšax

Derived terms

Phrases

From ту́шка (túška):

• хоть ту́шкой, хоть чу́челком (xotʹ túškoj, xotʹ čúčelkom), хоть ту́шкой, хоть чу́челом (xotʹ túškoj, xotʹ čúčelom)

Descendants

• → Polish: tusza

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “туша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “туша”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 274
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “туша”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “туша”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 441

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “туша”, 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.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuʂə]

Noun

ту́ша • (túša) m inan

1. genitive singular of туш (tuš)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʊˈʂa]

Participle

туша́ • (tušá)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of туши́ть (tušítʹ)