skuša

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Unknown, but has the first syllable as if from the widespread Greek σκουμπρί (skoumprí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skûʃa/

Noun

skȕša f (Cyrillic spelling ску̏ша)

1. mackerel

Declension

    Declension of skuša

	singular	plural
nominative	skuša	skuše
genitive	skuše	skuša
dative	skuši	skušama
accusative	skušu	skuše
vocative	skušo	skuše
locative	skuši	skušama
instrumental	skušom	skušama

Descendants

• → Slovene: skúša

Further reading

• “skuša”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian skȕša.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skùːʃa/

Noun

skúša f

1. mackerel

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	skúša
gen. sing.	skúše
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	skúša	skúši	skúše
genitive (rodȋlnik)	skúše	skúš	skúš
dative (dajȃlnik)	skúši	skúšama	skúšam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	skúšo	skúši	skúše
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	skúši	skúšah	skúšah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	skúšo	skúšama	skúšami

Further reading

• “skuša”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “skúša”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si