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ту́шка

rare #21655
nounfeminineinanimatecountable
  • 1.

    carcass, dressed chicken, oven-ready birdcooking

    Она́ купи́ла в магази́не ту́шку ку́рицы.

    She bought a dressed chicken at the shop.

    Diminutive of «туша»; used of poultry, rabbits and other small animals prepared for cooking.

  • 2.

    (rareturncoat deputy, party-switching lawmaker, bought-off MPpolitics

    Э́того депута́та в прессе называ́ют ту́шкой.

    The press calls this deputy a turncoat.

    Political slang, mainly post-Soviet media.

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

ту́шка

ту́шки

Gen.Genitive

ту́шки

ту́шек

Dat.Dative

ту́шке

ту́шкам

Acc.Accusative

ту́шку

ту́шки

Inst.Instrumental

ту́шкой

ту́шкою

ту́шками

Prep.Prepositional

ту́шке

ту́шках

Word familyтушPRO

  • тушflourish
    nounmasculine
  • ту́шкаcarcass; turncoat deputy
    nounfeminine
  • туше́ниеextinguishing; stewing
    nounneuter

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • jwhitlaw edited translation and noun basics 7 years ago.
  • jwhitlaw edited noun basics 7 years ago.