puška

See also: Puska and puska

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech puška, borrowed from Old High German buhsa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā, borrowed from Late Latin buxis, borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís), from πῠ́ξος (púxos) + -ις (-is).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuʃka]
• Rhymes: -uʃka

Noun

puška f

1. rifle
2. (by extension) gun (any firearm resembling a rifle)

Declension

Declension of puška (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	puška	pušky
genitive	pušky	pušek
dative	pušce	puškám
accusative	pušku	pušky
vocative	puško	pušky
locative	pušce	puškách
instrumental	puškou	puškami

Further reading

• “puška”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “puška”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “puška”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German buhsa, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā, borrowed from Late Latin buxis, borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís), from πῠ́ξος (púxos) + -ις (-is).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpuʃka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpuʃka/

Noun

puška f

1. vessel, small box

Declension

Declension of puška (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	puška	pušcě	pušky
genitive	pušky	puškú	pušek
dative	pušcě	puškama	puškám
accusative	pušku	pušcě	pušky
vocative	puško	pušcě	pušky
locative	pušcě	puškú	puškách
instrumental	puškú	puškama	puškami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: puška

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “puška”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûʃka/
• Hyphenation: puš‧ka

Noun

pȕška f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏шка, diminutive pȕškica)

1. rifle
2. (by extension) gun (any firearm resembling a rifle)

Declension

Declension of puška

	singular	plural
nominative	pȕška	puške
genitive	puške	pȕšākā
dative	pušci	puškama
accusative	pušku	puške
vocative	puško	puške
locative	pušci	puškama
instrumental	puškom	puškama

Descendants

• → Albanian: pushkë

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuʃka]
• Rhymes: -uʃka

Noun

puška f

1. rifle
2. (by extension) gun (any firearm resembling a rifle)

Declension

Declension of puška

	singular	plural
nominative	puška	puškou
genitive	pušky	pušky
dative	pušce	pušek
accusative	pušku	puškám
locative	puško	pušky
instrumental	pušce	pušky

Further reading

• “puška”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /púːʃka/

Noun

pȗška f

1. rifle
2. (by extension) gun (any firearm resembling a rifle)

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.	púška
gen. sing.	púške
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	púška	púški	púške
genitive (rodȋlnik)	púške	púšk	púšk
dative (dajȃlnik)	púški	púškama	púškam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	púško	púški	púške
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	púški	púškah	púškah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	púško	púškama	púškami

Further reading

• “puška”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “puška”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references