Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *paguba. Morphologically formed as па- (pa-) +‎ губа (guba, bending, sagging, fading) (obsolete, dialectal).

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Noun

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па́губа (págubaf (relational adjective па́губен)

  1. great loss, disaster
  2. demise, bane, doom

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References

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

Russian

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Etymology

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From Old Church Slavonic пагоуба (paguba), from Proto-Slavic *paguba.

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па́губа (págubaf inan (genitive па́губы, nominative plural па́губы, genitive plural па́губ)

  1. great harm, absolute ruin, perdition, destruction; bane

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