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Kazakh
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian гу́бка (gúbka).
Pronunciation
Noun
губка • (gubka)
- (zoology) sponge
Declension
Russian
Etymology
губа́ (gubá) + ка (ka)
Pronunciation
Noun
гу́бка • (gúbka) f inan (genitive гу́бки, nominative plural гу́бки, genitive plural гу́бок)
- endearing diminutive of губа́ (gubá, “lip”)
- sponge
- polypore
- Synonym: трутови́к (trutovík)
Declension
Derived terms
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫbъka, from *gǫba + *-ъka. By surface analysis, гу́ба (húba) + -ка (-ka). Compare Polish gąbka (“sponge”) and Polish hubka (“amadou”).
Pronunciation
Noun
гу́бка • (húbka) f inan (genitive гу́бки, nominative plural гу́бки, genitive plural гу́бок)
- endearing diminutive of гу́ба f (húba, “lip”)
Declension
Declension of гу́бка (inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
Noun
гу́бка • (húbka) f animal or f inan (genitive гу́бки, nominative plural гу́бки, genitive plural гу́бок)
- (animal, chiefly in the plural) sponge (any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera)
- (inanimate) sponge (piece of porous absorbent material—originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic)
Declension
(animal)
Declension of гу́бка (animal hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
(inanimate)
Declension of гу́бка (inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
Noun
гу́бка • (húbka) f inan (genitive гу́бки, nominative plural гу́бки, genitive plural гу́бок)
- fruiting body of the tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) or other polypore
- amadou
- Synonym: трут m (trut)
Declension
Declension of гу́бка (inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “губка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “губка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “губка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “губка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “губка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “губка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “губка”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)