# штука
## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʃtuka]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: шту‧ка
* Rhymes: -uka

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščùka.

#### Noun

шту́ка • (štúka) f (plural шту́ки)
* pike (fish)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Stuka, from Sturzkampfflugzeug (“dive bomber”).

#### Noun

шту́ка • (štúka) f (plural шту́ки)
* Stuka (German Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber)

##### Declension
### References

* “штука” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish sztuka (“piece”), in turn from German Stück. Cognate to English shtick.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʂtukə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

шту́ка • (štúka) f inan (genitive шту́ки, nominative plural шту́ки, genitive plural штук, relational adjective шту́чный, diminutive шту́чка)
* piece, each (in counting items)
    Свеча́ — одна́ шту́ка ― Svečá — odná štúka ― Candle — one each (= one candle)
* thing
    Что э́то за шту́ка?Što éto za štúka?What sort of thing is this?
    Вот так шту́ка!Vot tak štúka!What a mess!
* (colloquial) thousand
    Он мне шту́ку ба́ксов до́лжен ― On mne štúku báksov dólžen ― He owes me a thousand bucks.
* Stuka (German Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber)

#### Derived terms

* штука́рь m anim (štukárʹ)
* штуке́нция f (štukéncija)
* штуко́вина f (štukóvina)
* шту́чный (štúčnyj)
** пошту́чный (poštúčnyj), пошту́чно (poštúčno)

##### Phrases

* в шту́ках (v štúkax)
* вот так шту́ка (vot tak štúka)
* не шту́ка (ne štúka)

#### Related terms
##### Borrowed

* кунштю́к m (kunštjúk)
* мундшту́к m (mundštúk)

#### See also

* кусо́к m (kusók)
* часть f (častʹ)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “штука”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “штука”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 426
* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “штукенция”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

### Anagrams

* ту́шка (túška), шу́тка (šútka)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščùka.

### Noun

шту̏ка f (Latin spelling štȕka)
* pike

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “штука” in Hrvatski jezični portal
* “штука” in Hrvatski jezični portal
* “штука” in Hrvatski jezični portal

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish sztuka (“piece”), from German Stück. Cognate to English shtick.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʃtukɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

шту́ка • (štúka) f inan (genitive шту́ки, nominative plural шту́ки, genitive plural штук, relational adjective шту́чний, diminutive шту́чка)
* piece (single item belonging to a class of similar items)
    за шту́ку ― za štúku ― apiece, per piece, each
* (colloquial) thing (various senses)
    Synonym: (noncolloquial) річ f (rič)
    ось у чо́му шту́ка ― osʹ u čómu štúka ― here's the thing, that's the thing
* (colloquial) piece (an artistic creation)
* (colloquial) piece of work (person who has a strong and unusual personality)
* (colloquial) trick (mischievous or annoying behaviour; a prank)
* (colloquial) trick (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
    Synonyms: трюк m (trjuk), фо́кус m (fókus)

#### Declension
### Noun

шту́ка • (štúka) f inan (genitive шту́ки, uncountable) (dialectal)
* art
    Synonym: (nondialectal) мисте́цтво n (mystéctvo)
* skill
    Synonyms: (nondialectal) умі́ння n (umínnja), (nondialectal) майсте́рність f (majstérnistʹ)

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “штука”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “штука”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

### Further reading

* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “штука”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “штука”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “штука”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “штука”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)