куща

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic куща (kušta), from Proto-Slavic *kǫťa. Doublet of ку́ча (kúča), the inherited East Slavic form still found in dialects.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkuɕːə]

Noun

ку́ща • (kúšča) f inan (genitive ку́щи, nominative plural ку́щи, genitive plural кущ or ку́щей)

  1. foliage, thicket
  2. (dated) tent, hut
    пра́здник ку́щей ― prázdnik kúščej ― Feast of Tabernacles

Declension
Declension of ку́ща (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a irreg) 
singular plural
nominative ку́ща
kúšča		 ку́щи
kúšči
genitive ку́щи
kúšči		 ку́щ, ку́щей△
kúšč, kúščej△
dative ку́ще
kúšče		 ку́щам
kúščam
accusative ку́щу
kúšču		 ку́щи
kúšči
instrumental ку́щей, ку́щею
kúščej, kúščeju		 ку́щами
kúščami
prepositional ку́ще
kúšče		 ку́щах
kúščax

△ Irregular.

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “куща”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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