олуша
Russian
Etymology
Akin to о́лух (ólux).
Compare typologically Translingual Morus, German Tölpel, Polish głuptak (akin to глу́пый (glúpyj), глупе́ц (glupéc), also note глупы́ш (glupýš, “silly fellow, naive kid, silly little thing; fulmar”)). Also compare English booby.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈoɫʊʂə]
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Noun
о́луша • (óluša) f inan (genitive о́луши, nominative plural о́луши, genitive plural о́луш)
Declension
Declension of о́луша (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | о́луша óluša |
о́луши óluši |
| genitive | о́луши óluši |
о́луш óluš |
| dative | о́луше óluše |
о́лушам ólušam |
| accusative | о́лушу ólušu |
о́луши óluši |
| instrumental | о́лушей, о́лушею ólušej, ólušeju |
о́лушами ólušami |
| prepositional | о́луше óluše |
о́лушах ólušax |
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “олух”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “олуша”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN