куча

• IPA^(key): [ˈkut͡ɕə]

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From Proto-Slavic *kuča.

ку́ча • (kúča) f inan (genitive ку́чи, nominative plural ку́чи, genitive plural куч)

1. heap, pile
2. a lot (a large amount)
3. (computing) heap

   фибона́ччиева ку́ча ― fibonáččijeva kúča ― Fibonacci heap

   выделе́ние па́мяти в ку́че ― vydelénije pámjati v kúče ― allocating memory on the heap

4. (vulgar) piece of…

• кучево́й (kučevój)
• ку́чка f (kúčka)
• ку́чный (kúčnyj)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “куча”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress

From Old East Slavic куча (kuča), from Proto-Slavic *kǫťa. Doublet of ку́ща (kúšča), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

ку́ча • (kúča) f inan (genitive ку́чи, nominative plural ку́чи, genitive plural куч)

1. (dialectal) a hut made of human-height poles covered with dirt

• Trubačev O. N., editor (1985), “*kǫtja”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 12, Moscow: Nauka, page 70