puška

See also: Puska and puska

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech puška, from Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpuʃka]
  • Rhymes: -uʃka

Noun

puška f

  1. rifle
  2. (by extension) gun (any firearm resembling a rifle)

Declension

Further reading

  • puška in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • puška in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • puška in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpuʃka/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpuʃka/

Noun

puška f

  1. vessel, small box

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: puška

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pûʃka/
  • Hyphenation: puš‧ka

Noun

pȕška f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏шка, diminutive pȕškica)

  1. rifle
  2. (by extension) gun (any firearm resembling a rifle)

Declension

Descendants

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puʃka/
  • Rhymes: -uʃka

Noun

puška f

  1. rifle
  2. (by extension) gun (any firearm resembling a rifle)

Declension

Further reading

  • puška”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /púːʃka/

Noun

pȗška f

  1. rifle
  2. (by extension) gun (any firearm resembling a rifle)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. púška
gen. sing. púške
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
púška púški púške
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
púške púšk púšk
dative
(dajȃlnik)
púški púškama púškam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
púško púški púške
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
púški púškah púškah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
púško púškama púškami

Further reading

  • puška”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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