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куща

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кѫща (kǫšta), from Proto-Slavic *kǫťa. Doublet of ку́ча (kúča), the inherited East Slavic form still found in dialects.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ку́ща (kúščaf inan (genitive ку́щи, nominative plural ку́щи, genitive plural кущ or ку́щей)

  1. foliage, thicket
  2. (dated) tent, hut
    пра́здник ку́щейprázdnik kúščejFeast of Tabernacles

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “куща”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress