-ușcă

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Romanian

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Etymology

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

Suffix

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-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)