лайба
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Finnish laiva, from Proto-Finnic *laiva, from Proto-Germanic *flawją, from pre-Germanic *plowyom, from Proto-Indo-European *plew-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ла́йба • (lájba) f inan (genitive ла́йбы, nominative plural ла́йбы, genitive plural лайб)
- (archaic, nautical, regional) a large boat, sometimes with a deck, with one or two masts
- (slang) vehicle (usually a car or a bicycle)
Declension edit
Declension of ла́йба (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Descendants edit
- → Polish: łajba
Further reading edit
- лайба in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru