-ușcă

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -ушька (-ušĭka).

Suffix

-ușcă f (plural -uște)

  1. Forms feminine diminutives of nouns.
    ‎muiere (“woman”) + ‎-ușcă → ‎muierușcă (“little woman”)
    ‎rață (“duck”) + ‎-ușcă → ‎rățușcă (“ducky”)
    ‎mierlă (“blackbird”) + ‎-ușcă → ‎mierlușcă (“small blackbird”)
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