губа
Belarusian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *gǫba.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
губа́ • (hubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ, relational adjective губны́, diminutive гу́бка)
Declension edit
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | губа́ hubá |
гу́бы húby |
| genitive | губы́ hubý |
губ hub |
| dative | губе́ hubjé |
губа́м hubám |
| accusative | губу́ hubú |
гу́бы húby |
| instrumental | губо́й, губо́ю hubój, hubóju |
губа́мі hubámi |
| locative | губе́ hubjé |
губа́х hubáx |
| count form | — | губы́1 hubý1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References edit
- “губа” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba.
Noun edit
губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ, relational adjective губно́й, diminutive гу́бка)
- (anatomy) lip
- Synonym: (diminutive) гу́бка (gúbka)
- У вас губа́ не ду́ра. ― U vas gubá ne dúra. ― You have good taste. (literally, “Your lip is not foolish.”)
- 1872, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть 1. Глава 2. Принц Гарри. Сватовство”, in Бесы; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Demons, 1994:
- Заметив наконец, какая она хорошенькая, когда смеётся, он вдруг, при всех гостях, обхватил её за талию и поцеловал в губы, раза три сряду, в полную сласть.
- Zametiv nakonec, kakaja ona xorošenʹkaja, kogda smejótsja, on vdrug, pri vsex gostjax, obxvatil jejó za taliju i poceloval v guby, raza tri srjadu, v polnuju slastʹ.
- Finally, after remarking on how pretty she was when she laughed, he suddenly put his arm around her waist, in front of all the guests, and kissed her on the lips, three times in a row, to the full of his heart's content.
- (chiefly plural) tip of certain instruments (e.g. forceps)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- гу́бка (gúbka)
- губно́й (gubnój)
- пригу́бить (prigúbitʹ, “to taste; to try (more frequently about wines)”)
- губа́ не ду́ра (gubá ne dúra)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. Probably in origin the same as Etymology 1 (where the sense "lip" developed figuratively from the original meaning "mushroom, sponge").
Noun edit
губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)
- (botany, colloquial) polypore
- Synonym: гу́бка (gúbka)
- (obsolete, zoology) sponge
- Synonym: гу́бка (gúbka)
Declension edit
Etymology 3 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *guba (“fold”), action noun of *gъbnǫti (“bend”). Alternatively, per Vasmer, from губа́ (gubá, “lip”), originally "river mouth".
Noun edit
губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)
- (geography, Northern Russia, Eastern Russia) bay or inlet of a sea or lake (usually at the mouth of a large river)
Declension edit
Etymology 4 edit
Shortening of губва́хта (gubváxta), a corruption of гауптва́хта (gauptváxta).
Noun edit
губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, uncountable)
- (military, slang) stockade (prison)
- Synonym: гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)
- (military, slang) detention in a stockade (as a punishment)
- Synonym: гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)
- сажа́ть/отправля́ть на губу́ ― sažátʹ/otpravljátʹ na gubú ― to confine to stockade
Declension edit
Etymology 5 edit
Per Vasmer, deverbal from губи́ть (gubítʹ, “to destroy”).
Noun edit
губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)
Declension edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Proto-Slavic *gǫba
Noun edit
губа f (Latin spelling guba)
Ukrainian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. Doublet of ґе́мба (gémba), which was borrowed from Polish.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
губа́ • (hubá) f inan (genitive губи́, nominative plural гу́би, genitive plural губ or губі́в, relational adjective губни́й, diminutive гу́бка)
Declension edit
References edit
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “губа”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “губа”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)