kšuška

Lower Sorbian
kšušce

Etymology

kšuša +‎ -ka, kšuša being a now archaic word for ‘pear’, from Proto-Slavic *kruša; cognate with Upper Sorbian krušwa and Serbo-Croatian krȕška.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʃuʃka/

Noun

kšuška f inan

  1. pear (fruit)
  2. pear tree (tree of genus Pyrus)

Declension
Declension of kšuška
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative kšuška kšušce kšuški
Genitive kšuški kšuškowu kšuškow
Dative kšušce kšuškoma kšuškam
Accusative kšušku kšušce kšuški
Instrumental kšušku kšuškoma kšuškami
Locative kšušce kšuškoma kšuškach

Synonyms
  • (tree): kšušcyna f

Further reading
  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kšuška”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kšuška”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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