гѫба

See also: губа and губя

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba (“fungus, tree-fungus”).

Noun

гѫба • (gǫba) f

1. sponge

Declension

Declension of гѫба (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	гѫба gǫba	гѫбѣ gǫbě	гѫбꙑ gǫby
genitive	гѫбꙑ gǫby	гѫбоу gǫbu	гѫбъ gǫbŭ
dative	гѫбѣ gǫbě	гѫбама gǫbama	гѫбамъ gǫbamŭ
accusative	гѫбѫ gǫbǫ	гѫбѣ gǫbě	гѫбꙑ gǫby
instrumental	гѫбоѭ gǫbojǫ	гѫбама gǫbama	гѫбами gǫbami
locative	гѫбѣ gǫbě	гѫбоу gǫbu	гѫбахъ gǫbaxŭ
vocative	гѫбо gǫbo	гѫбѣ gǫbě	гѫбꙑ gǫby

Descendants

• Bulgarian: гъба (gǎba)
• Russian: губка (gubka), губа (guba)
• Serbo-Croatian: губа/guba
• Slovene: goba

References

• “гѫба”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024