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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish laiva, from Proto-Finnic *laiva, from Proto-Germanic *flawją, from pre-Germanic *plowyom, from Proto-Indo-European *plew-.
Pronunciation
Noun
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)
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Further reading
- лайба in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru