туча

See also: тѫча

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic туча (tuča), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to contract”). Compare the Slavic Old Church Slavonic тѫча (tǫča), Ukrainian ту́ча (túča), Polish tęcza and the Non-Slavic Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌽 (þeiƕōn) and Old Norse þéttr

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtut͡ɕə]
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Noun

ту́ча • (túča) f inan (genitive ту́чи, nominative plural ту́чи, genitive plural туч)

  1. (meteorology) a rain cloud; dark, heavy cloud.
    Небо затянуто тучами. ― Nebo zatjanuto tučami. ― The sky is overcast.
    На небе собираются тучи. ― Na nebe sobirajutsja tuči. ― Rain clouds are gathering in the sky.
    грозовая туча ― grozovaja tuča ― storm cloud
    тучи сгущаются (над кем-либо)
    tuči sguščajutsja (nad kem-libo)
    storm clouds are gathering (over someone)
    как туча ― kak tuča ― gloomy, morose (about a person)
  2. a moving multitude; cloud, host
    тучи врагов ― tuči vragov ― swarms of enemies

Declension

Declension of ту́ча (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ту́ча
túča		 ту́чи
túči
genitive ту́чи
túči		 ту́ч
túč
dative ту́че
túče		 ту́чам
túčam
accusative ту́чу
túču		 ту́чи
túči
instrumental ту́чей, ту́чею
túčej, túčeju		 ту́чами
túčami
prepositional ту́че
túče		 ту́чах
túčax

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tûtʃa/
  • Hyphenation: ту‧ча

Noun

ту̏ча f (Latin spelling tȕča)

  1. fight, melee
  2. hail

Declension

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