-ușcă

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -ушька (-ušĭka).

Suffix

-ușcă f (plural -uște)

1. Forms feminine diminutives of nouns.

   ‎muiere (“woman”) + ‎-ușcă → ‎muierușcă (“little woman”)

   ‎rață (“duck”) + ‎-ușcă → ‎rățușcă (“ducky”)

   ‎mierlă (“blackbird”) + ‎-ușcă → ‎mierlușcă (“small blackbird”)