-ушки

Russian

Pronunciation

  • -ушки: IPA(key): [ʊʂkʲɪ] (when unstressed)
  • -у́шки: IPA(key): [ˈuʂkʲɪ] (when stressed)

Suffix

-ушки or -у́шки • (-uški or -úški) (also -нюшки (-njuški), -унюшки (-unjuški) after certain letters)

  1. (colloquial, chiefly diminutive, produces particles or nouns)
    ‎потяг- (potjag-, “to stretch”) + ‎-у́шки (-úški) → ‎потягу́шки (potjagúški, “stretching”) (children's talk)
    ‎фи́га (fíga, “fig sign”) + ‎-ушки (-uški) → ‎фи́гушки (fíguški, “buggerall, the hell (I do)”) (expressive denial)
    ‎нет (net, “no”) + ‎-ушки (-uški) → ‎не́тушки (nétuški, “nope”)
    агу́шки (imitating baby talk) ― agúški ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ушки
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