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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic гꙑбель (gybelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gybělь, from *gyb- +‎ *-ělь.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡʲibʲɪlʲ]
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Noun

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ги́бель (gíbelʹf inan (genitive ги́бели, nominative plural ги́бели, genitive plural ги́белей)

  1. loss, death, demise (due to a violent or unnatural cause, e.g. war, accident, or natural disaster)
    Synonyms: поги́бель (pogíbelʹ), смерть (smertʹ), кончи́на (končína), коне́ц (konéc)
  2. destruction, ruin
    Synonyms: круше́ние (krušénije), крах (krax), прова́л (provál)
  3. (nautical) sinking, loss (of a ship due to a violent or unnatural cause, e.g. battle, storm, or collision)
  4. (dated, colloquial) lots of, an immense number of
    Synonyms: у́йма (újma), мно́жество (mnóžestvo), бе́здна (bézdna), гру́да (grúda), изоби́лие (izobílije), ки́па (kípa), ку́ча (kúča), лес (les), ма́сса (mássa), мо́ре (móre), оби́лие (obílije), пропасть (propastʹ), про́рва (prórva), ту́ча (túča), тьма (tʹma)

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old East Slavic гꙑбель (gybelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gybělь, from *gyb- +‎ *-ělь.

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ги́бель (hýbelʹf inan (genitive ги́блі, uncountable)

  1. loss, death, demise (due to a violent or unnatural cause, e.g. war, accident, or natural disaster)
    Synonym: смерть (smertʹ)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Hebel, through Polish hebel.

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ги́бель (hýbelʹf inan (genitive ги́блі, nominative plural ги́блі, genitive plural ги́блей)

  1. (carpentry) plane (tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface)
    Synonym: рубанок (rubanok)
    Hypernym: narzędzie
  2. (colloquial) clunker (decrepit motor car)
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