Macedonian

Noun

пушка • ‎(puška) f

1. rifle, gun

Inflection

Russian

Etymology 1

Common Slavic. From Old East Slavic пушка ‎(puška) / пушька ‎(pušĭka), further etymology is disputed:

• Vasmer: borrowed from Old High German buhsa via Czech puška, Polish puszka, from Vulgar Latin buxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς ‎(puxís). Initial п- is of Bavarian origin.
• Černyh: possibly from *пущька ‎(*puščĭka), from пущати ‎(puščati, “to throw projectiles; to fire”). On the basis of West Slavic (and partly South Slavic) this word hybridized with Old High German buhsa. Compare Lower Sorbian buška.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuʂkə]

Noun

пу́шка • ‎(púška) f inan ‎(genitive пу́шки, nominative plural пу́шки, genitive plural пу́шек)

1. cannon, gun

   90-мм пу́шка‎ ― 90-mm púška ― 90-mm gun

2. (colloquial) gun, handgun
3. hoax (informal)

Declension

Related terms

• пу́шечный ‎(púšečnyj)
• пушка́рь m ‎(puškárʹ)

References

• Fasmer, Maks (1964–1973), “пушка”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
• Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “пу́шка”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 86

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʊʂˈka]

Noun

пушка́ • ‎(pušká) m inan

1. genitive singular of пушо́к ‎(pušók)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûʃka/
• Hyphenation: пуш‧ка

Noun

пу̏шка f ‎(Latin spelling pȕška)

1. rifle
2. gun

Declension