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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
по- (po-) + доба (doba), from Proto-Slavic *po + *doba
Noun
подоба • (podoba) f
- way, means
Declension
Declension of подоба (hard a-stem)
Derived terms
References
- Miklosich, Franz (1850) Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti, Vienna
- Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *podoba. Compare Czech and Polish podoba, Russian подо́бие (podóbije).
Pronunciation
Noun
подо́ба • (podóba) f inan (genitive подо́би, nominative plural подо́би, genitive plural подо́б)
- likeness, semblance, appearance, form, guise (how someone or something looks on the outside; set of visible external elements that recognizably characterize someone or something)
- Synonyms: зо́внішність f (zóvnišnistʹ), ви́гляд m (výhljad)
- у/в подо́бі (+genitive) ― u/v podóbi ― in the form/guise (of)
- у/в людські́й подо́бі ― u/v ljudsʹkíj podóbi ― in human form
- на подо́бу (+genitive) ― na podóbu ― in the likeness (of)
- за подо́бою (+genitive) ― za podóboju ― in the likeness (of)
1962, Ivan Ivanovitch Ohienko, Біблія або книги Святого Письма Старого і Нового Заповіту [Bible or books of Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments], Book of Genesis, pages 8, 12:1:26 І сказав Бог: Створімо людину за образом Нашим, за подобою Нашою, […]
5:1 Оце книга нащадків Адамових. Того дня, як створив Бог людину, Він її вчинив на подобу Божу. […]
5:3 І жив Адам сто літ і тридцять, та й сина породив за подобою своєю та за образом своїм, і назвав ім'я йому: Сиф.- 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
5:1 his is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
- likeness, resemblance, semblance (that which resembles; something similar to something else)
1962, Ivan Ivanovitch Ohienko, Біблія або книги Святого Письма Старого і Нового Заповіту [Bible or books of Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments], Ezekiel 1:26, page 1027:А згори небозводу, що над їхньою головою, була подоба трону на вигляд каменя сапфіру; а на подобі трону була подоба на вигляд людини, на ньому згори.- A zhory nebozvodu, ščo nad jixnʹoju holovoju, bula podoba tronu na vyhljad kamenja sapfiru; a na podobi tronu bula podoba na vyhljad ljudyny, na nʹomu zhory.
- And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
- (dialectal) need
- Synonym: потре́ба f (potréba)
- (dialectal) creature
- Synonym: істо́та f (istóta)
Declension
Declension of подо́ба (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
References
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1975), “подоба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (П – Поїсти), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 750
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “подоба”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “подоба”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “подоба”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “подоба”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)