гуща

See also: гуша

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic гуща (gušča), from Proto-Slavic *gǫšča, from *gǫstъ (“dense”) + *-ja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuɕːə]

Noun

гу́ща • (gúšča) f inan (genitive гу́щи, nominative plural гу́щи, genitive plural гущ)

  1. sediment, (coffee) grounds, (beer) lees, soup the body
    гада́ть на кофе́йной гу́ще ― gadátʹ na koféjnoj gúšče ― to read the leaves, to make wild guesses (lit: tell fortunes by coffee grounds)
  2. thicket
    в гу́ще ле́са
    v gúšče lésa
    in the thick of the forest
  3. thick, centre, middle
    в са́мую гу́щу масс
    v sámuju gúšču mass
    in the very midst of the masses
    в с́амой гу́ще собы́тий
    v śamoj gúšče sobýtij
    in the thick of things

Declension

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.