-ушка

Pronunciation

• -ушка: IPA^(key): [ʊʂkə]
• -у́шка: IPA^(key): [ˈuʂkə]

Suffix

-ушка or -у́шка • (-uška or -úška)

1. (added to (normally feminine) nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning)

   коро́ва (koróva, “cow”) → коро́вушка (koróvuška, “small cow”)

   река́ (reká, “river”) → речу́шка (rečúška, “small river, rivulet”)

   го́лубь (gólubʹ, “dove”) → голу́бушка (golúbuška, “my dear, darling (to a woman, colloquial)”)

2. (added to verbs, forms instruments or tools)

   ката́ть (katátʹ, “to roll”) → кату́шка (katúška, “spool, bobbin, coil”)

   верте́ть (vertétʹ, “to turn”) → верту́шка (vertúška, “revolving door, turnstile; (engineering) rotator”)

   лови́ть (lovítʹ, “to catch”) → лову́шка (lovúška, “trap, snare”)

3. (added to adjectives or numerals, forms colloquial nouns with the meaning of a carrier of the adjective's or numeral's properties)

   губно́й (gubnój, “lip (attributive)”) → губну́шка (gubnúška, “lipstick (colloquial)”)

   два (dva, “two”) → дву́шка (dvúška, “two-kopeck coin; two-bedroom apartment; bus, tram, etc. number two (colloquial)”)