гуща

See also: гуша

Russian

Etymology

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 гу́щеgadátʹ na koféjnoj gúščeto read the leaves, to make wild guesses (lit: tell fortunes by coffee grounds)
  2. thicket
    в гу́ще леса́
    v gúšče lesá
    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 самой гу́ще собы́тий
    v samoj gúšče sobýtij
    in the thick of things

Declension

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