гибел

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Old Church Slavonic гꙑбѣль (gybělĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gybělь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡibɛɫ]

• Audio:

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Noun

ги́бел • (gíbel) f

1. death, especially when premature or unnatural

   гибелта на Левски ― gibelta na Levski ― the death of Levski

2. disaster, destruction, ruin, devastation
3. perdition, doom

Declension

Declension of ги́бел

	singular
indefinite	ги́бел gíbel
definite	гибелта́ gibeltá

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Giebel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡibɛɫ]

Noun

ги́бел • (gíbel) m

1. (archaic) gable, fronton

   Synonym: фронто́н (frontón)

Declension

Declension of ги́бел

	singular	plural
indefinite	ги́бел gíbel	ги́бели gíbeli
definite (subject form)	ги́белът gíbelǎt	ги́белите gíbelite
definite (object form)	ги́бела gíbela
count form	—	ги́бела gíbela

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡiˈbɛɫ]

Noun

гибе́л • (gibél) m

1. (dialectal) the amount of yarn that can fit on one spindle; a spindle of some fibre or textile

   Synonym: врете́но (vreténo)

Declension

Declension of гибе́л

	singular	plural
indefinite	гибе́л gibél	гибе́ли gibéli
definite (subject form)	гибе́лът gibélǎt	гибе́лите gibélite
definite (object form)	гибе́ла gibéla
count form	—	гибе́ла gibéla

References

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