завитушка

Russian

Etymology

From зави́ть (zavítʹ) +‎ -у́шка (-úška). Appearance of -т- is unexpected but also found in other derivatives of the same verb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zəvʲɪˈtuʂkə]

Noun

завиту́шка • (zavitúška) f inan (genitive завиту́шки, nominative plural завиту́шки, genitive plural завиту́шек)

  1. ringlet, lock (of hair)
  2. flourish, twirl, whorl, curl
  3. (figurative, colloquial) rhetorical flourish (artsy, complex figure of speech)

Declension

Declension of завиту́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative завиту́шка
zavitúška 		завиту́шки
zavitúški
genitive завиту́шки
zavitúški 		завиту́шек
zavitúšek
dative завиту́шке
zavitúške 		завиту́шкам
zavitúškam
accusative завиту́шку
zavitúšku 		завиту́шки
zavitúški
instrumental завиту́шкой, завиту́шкою
zavitúškoj, zavitúškoju 		завиту́шками
zavitúškami
prepositional завиту́шке
zavitúške 		завиту́шках
zavitúškax

Synonyms

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