хусточка

Inherited from Old Slovak chustečka, chustôčka. By surface analysis, хустка (xustka) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Belarusian ху́стачка (xústačka), Polish chusteczka, Carpathian Rusyn, Russian, and Ukrainian ху́сточка (xústočka). Sense 4 is a semantic loan from Serbo-Croatian марамица / maramica.

• IPA^(key): [xuˈstɔt͡ʃka]
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡ʃka
• Hyphenation: хус‧точ‧ка

хусточка (xustočka) f

1. diminutive of хустка (xustka)
2. kerchief, handkerchief

   утрец нос до хусточки

   utrec nos do xustočki

   to wipe one's nose with a handkerchief

3. shawl, kerchief (cloth covering around the head or neck)
5. (anatomy) membrane

   Synonyms: блана (blana), бланка (blanka)

   плюцова хусточка ― pljucova xustočka ― pleura (literally, “lung kerchief”)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “марама”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 628
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “марамица”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 628
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “хусточка”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “handkerchief”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 133