каша

From Old East Slavic каша (kaša), from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʂa]

ка́ша • (káša) f inan (genitive ка́шы, nominative plural ка́шы, genitive plural ка́шаў)

1. porridge, gruel, oatmeal

From Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃɐ]

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ка́ша • (káša) f (diminutive ка́шица or ка́шичка)

1. mash, mush
2. porridge, oatmeal

   ове́сена ка́ша ― ovésena káša ― oat porridge

3. (figurative) mess (confusion)

• “каша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “каша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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Sometimes compared with Skolt Sami kašš (“whore, prostitute”). In this case, may be related to ка̄ккш (kākkš, “bitch (female dog)”). May also be related to каршар (karšar, “Russian female”) (obsolete).

каша (kaša)

1. (obsolete, offensive, ethnic slur) Russki, Russkie (Russian person)

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• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kaša”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃa]

каша • (kaša) f (relational adjective кашест or кашав, diminutive кашичка or кашица, augmentative кашиште)

1. porridge, gruel, oatmeal
2. batter (beaten mixture of flour and liquid)
3. slush, mush
4. (figurative) mess, chaos, jumble (confusion)

Inherited from Old East Slavic каша (kaša), from Proto-Slavic *kaša. Cognates include Slovak kaša and Serbo-Croatian kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʂə]

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ка́ша • (káša) f inan (genitive ка́ши, nominative plural ка́ши, genitive plural каш, diminutive ка́шка)

1. porridge, gruel
2. mash, mush
3. (figuratively) muddle, mess, confusion (e.g. каша в голове)

• ка́шица (kášica)
• кашева́р (kaševár)
• однока́шник (odnokášnik)
• кашеобра́зный (kašeobráznyj)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “каша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “каша”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 389

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): /kâʃa/
• Hyphenation: ка‧ша

ка̏ша f (Latin spelling kȁša)

1. porridge

From Old East Slavic каша (kaša), from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃɐ]

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ка́ша • (káša) f inan (genitive ка́ші, nominative plural ка́ші, genitive plural каш)

1. gruel, oatmeal, porridge