тушь

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tusche, from French touche, from toucher (to touch). The sense “mascara” also perhaps follows German Wimperntusche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tuʂ]
  • (file)
  • Homophone: туш (tuš)

Noun

тушь • (tušʹ) f inan (genitive ту́ши, nominative plural ту́ши, genitive plural ту́шей)

  1. India ink
  2. mascara

Declension

  • затушёвывать (zatušóvyvatʹ), затушевать (zatuševatʹ), стушева́ться (stuševátʹsja)

Further reading

  • тушь in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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