"-ușcă" meaning in Romanian

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Suffix

Forms: -uște [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -ушька (-ušĭka). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|cu|-ушька|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Church Slavonic -ушька (-ušĭka), {{bor+|ro|cu|-ушька}} Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -ушька (-ušĭka) Head templates: {{ro-noun|f|-uște|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|suff=1}} -ușcă f (plural -uște)
  1. Forms feminine diminutives of nouns. Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ușcă-ro-suffix-VQwXdGwV Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

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