гуща

See also: гуша

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic гуща (gušča), from Proto-Slavic *gǫšča, from *gǫstъ (“dense”) + *-ja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuɕːə]

Noun

гу́ща • (gúšča) f inan (genitive гу́щи, nominative plural гу́щи, genitive plural гущ)

  1. sediment, (coffee) grounds, (beer) lees, soup the body
    гадать на кофейной гуще ― gadatʹ na kofejnoj gušče ― to read the leaves, to make wild guesses (lit: tell fortunes by coffee grounds)
  2. thicket
    в гу́ще леса́
    v gúšče lesá
    in the thick of the forest
  3. thick, centre, middle
    в самую гущу масс
    v samuju gušču mass
    in the very midst of the masses
    в самой гу́ще событий
    v samoj gúšče sobytij
    in the thick of things

Declension

Declension of гу́ща (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative гу́ща
gúšča		 гу́щи
gúšči
genitive гу́щи
gúšči		 гу́щ
gúšč
dative гу́ще
gúšče		 гу́щам
gúščam
accusative гу́щу
gúšču		 гу́щи
gúšči
instrumental гу́щей, гу́щею
gúščej, gúščeju		 гу́щами
gúščami
prepositional гу́ще
gúšče		 гу́щах
gúščax
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