# душ
## Belarusian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French douche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [duʂ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

душ • (duš) m inan (genitive ду́ша, nominative plural ду́шы, genitive plural ду́шаў)
* shower (device for bathing)

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### Further reading

* “душ” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French douche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [duʃ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

душ • (duš) m
* shower (device for bathing)
    взе́мам душ ― vzémam duš ― to take a shower
    взе́ма душ ― vzéma duš ― to take a shower

#### Declension
### References

* “душ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “душ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* душъ (duš) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [duʂ]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French douche.

#### Noun

душ • (duš) m inan (genitive ду́ша, nominative plural ду́ши, genitive plural ду́шей, relational adjective душево́й)
* shower (device for bathing)
    Давле́ние воды́ в ду́ше упа́ло. ― Davlénije vodý v dúše upálo. ― Water pressure in the shower dropped.
* shower (instance of using the shower)
    приня́ть душ ― prinjátʹ duš ― to take a shower

##### Derived terms

* душева́я f (duševája)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

душ • (duš) f inan pl
* genitive plural of душа́ (dušá)

## Tajik
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian душ (duš), from French douche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duʃ/, [d̪uʃ]

### Noun

| Dari | شاور, حمام |
| Iranian Persian | دوش |
| Tajik | душ, ҳаммом |
душ • (duš)
* shower (device for bathing)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French douche.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [duʃ]
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

душ • (duš) m inan (genitive ду́шу, nominative plural ду́ші, genitive plural ду́шів)
* shower (device for bathing or instance of using it)
    При робо́ті, зв’я́заній із забру́дненням ті́ла, необхі́дно ми́тися в ла́зні або́ під ду́шем щодня́. ― Pry robóti, zvʺjázanij iz zabrúdnennjam tíla, neobxídno mýtysja v lázni abó pid dúšem ščodnjá. ― If your work involves getting your body dirty, you must bathe in a sauna or under a shower every day.
** 1958, Руденко М., Вітер, page 107:
    Кожні дві кімнати мали свій душ, свою ванну. ― Kožni dvi kimnaty maly svij duš, svoju vannu. ― Every double-bedded room has a shower in their bathroom.
* douche
** 1956, Кочерга І., Твори том.II, page 273:
    [Ніна:] Спробуйте душ Шарко. Як у вас з кров'яним тиском? ― [Nina:] Sprobujte duš Šarko. Jak u vas z krovʺjanym tyskom? ― [Nina:] Try the Charcot's douche. What's your blood pressure?

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

душ • (duš) f inan
* genitive plural of душа́ (dušá)

#### References

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