пуща

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuʃt͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -uʃt͡ʃa
• Hyphenation: пу‧ща

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

пуща (pušča)

1. third-person singular present indicative of пущац (puščac)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

пуща (pušča)

1. third-person plural future indicative of пущиц (puščic)

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian пуща (pušča, “thick forest”), from Old East Slavic пуща (pušča, “desolate place”), from Proto-Slavic *pušča from *pȗstъ (“desolate”). By surface analysis, пусто́й (pustój) +‎ -я (-ja). Cognate with Polish puszcza, Ukrainian пу́ща (púšča), Belarusian пу́шча (púšča).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuɕːə]

пу́ща • (púšča) f inan (genitive пу́щи, nominative plural пу́щи, genitive plural пущ)

1. thick forest

• пусто́й (pustój), пу́сто (pústo), пустота́ (pustotá)
• пустова́ть (pustovátʹ)
• пусте́ть (pustétʹ)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “пуща”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1742
• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “пуща”, 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.
  • See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “пускать”, 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), “пуща”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Ruthenian пуща (pušča, “thick forest”), from Old East Slavic пуща (pušča, “desolate place”), from Proto-Slavic *pušča from *pȗstъ (“desolate”). By surface analysis, пусти́й (pustýj) +‎ -я (-ja). Cognate with Polish puszcza, Belarusian пу́шча (púšča).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuʃt͡ʃɐ]

пу́ща • (púšča) f inan (genitive пу́щі, nominative plural пу́щі, genitive plural пущ)

1. thick / dense forest

   Synonyms: ха́ща (xášča), не́трі (nétri), ліс (lis), бір (bir), глушина́ (hlušyná)

2. (figuratively) backwater, middle of nowhere, boondock

   Synonyms: глушина́ (hlušyná), глухома́нь (hluxománʹ), глуби́нка (hlubýnka), діра́ (dirá), за́кутень (zákutenʹ)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пуща”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “пуща”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “пуща”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[2]
• “пуща”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “пуща”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[3]