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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *paguba. Morphologically formed as па- (pa-) + губа (guba, “bending, sagging, fading”) (obsolete, dialectal).
Pronunciation
Noun
па́губа • (páguba) f (relational adjective па́губен)
- great loss, disaster
- demise, bane, doom
Declension
- гу́бя (gúbja, “to lose, to get waste”)
- ги́на (gína, “to demise, to die”)
- за́губа (záguba, “defeat, loss”)
References
- “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
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic пагоуба (paguba), from Proto-Slavic *paguba.
Pronunciation
Noun
па́губа • (páguba) f inan (genitive па́губы, nominative plural па́губы, genitive plural па́губ)
- great harm, absolute ruin, perdition, destruction; bane
Declension