каша

From Old East Slavic каша (kaša), from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʂa]

ка́ша • (káša) f inan (genitive ка́шы, nominative plural ка́шы, genitive plural ка́шаў)

1. porridge, gruel, oatmeal

From Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃə]

ка́ша • (káša) f (diminutive ка́шица or ка́шичка)

1. mash, mush
2. porridge, oatmeal

   ове́сена ка́ша ― ovésena káša ― oat porridge

3. (figurative) mess (confusion)

• каша in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• каша in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

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Sometimes compared with Skolt Sami kašš (“bitch (female dog)”). In this case, may be related to ка̄ккш (kākkš, “bitch (female dog)”). May also be related to каршар (karšar, “Russian female”) (obsolete).

каша (kaša)

1. (obsolete, offensive, ethnic slur) Russki, Russkie (Russian person)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

From Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃa]

каша • (kaša) f (related adjective кашест or кашав, diminutive кашичка or кашица, augmentative кашиште)

1. porridge, gruel, oatmeal
2. batter (beaten mixture of flour and liquid)
3. slush, mush
4. (figurative) mess, chaos, jumble (confusion)

Inherited from Old East Slavic каша (kaša), from Proto-Slavic *kaša. Cognates include Slovak kaša and Serbo-Croatian kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʂə]

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ка́ша • (káša) f inan (genitive ка́ши, nominative plural ка́ши, genitive plural каш, diminutive ка́шка)

1. porridge, gruel
2. mash, mush
3. (figuratively) muddle, mess, confusion (e.g. каша в голове)

• ка́шица (kášica)
• кашева́р (kaševár)
• однока́шник (odnokášnik)
• кашеобра́зный (kašeobráznyj)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “каша”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “каша”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 389

From Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): /kâʃa/
• Hyphenation: ка‧ша

ка̏ша f (Latin spelling kȁša)

1. porridge

From Old East Slavic каша (kaša), from Proto-Slavic *kaša.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaʃɐ]

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ка́ша • (káša) f inan (genitive ка́ші, nominative plural ка́ші, genitive plural каш)

1. gruel, oatmeal, porridge