kšuška

Lower Sorbian

kšušce

Etymology

kšuša +‎ -ka, kšuša being a now archaic word for ‘pear’, from Proto-Slavic *kruša; cognate with Upper Sorbian krušwa and Serbo-Croatian krȕška.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʃuʃka/

Noun

kšuška f

1. pear (fruit)
2. pear tree (tree of genus Pyrus)

Declension

Declension of kšuška

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kšuška	kšušce	kšuški
Genitive	kšuški	kšuškowu	kšuškow
Dative	kšušce	kšuškoma	kšuškam
Accusative	kšušku	kšušce	kšuški
Instrumental	kšušku	kšuškoma	kšuškami
Locative	kšušce	kšuškoma	kšuškach

Synonyms

• (tree): kšušcyna f

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kšuška”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kšuška”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag