кукушка

Russian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʊˈkuʂkə]
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Noun

куку́шка • (kukúška) f anim (genitive куку́шки, nominative plural куку́шки, genitive plural куку́шек)

  1. cuckoo
    куку́шка куку́ет: ку-ку́, ку-ку́! ― kukúška kukújet: ku-kú, ku-kú! ― A cuckoo cuckoos!
  2. (railroad) cuckoo (a term used for the old «Ку» series locomotives)
  3. (railroad) cuckoo (a term for a suburban light-rail with several cars)
  4. (military) sniper whose firing position is located in a tree

Declension

Declension of куку́шка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative куку́шка
kukúška		 куку́шки
kukúški
genitive куку́шки
kukúški		 куку́шек
kukúšek
dative куку́шке
kukúške		 куку́шкам
kukúškam
accusative куку́шку
kukúšku		 куку́шек
kukúšek
instrumental куку́шкой, куку́шкою
kukúškoj, kukúškoju		 куку́шками
kukúškami
prepositional куку́шке
kukúške		 куку́шках
kukúškax
  • куковать (kukovatʹ)
  • кукушечий (kukušečij)
  • кукушонок (kukušonok)

See also

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