gęba

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See also: gębą, Gęba, and geba

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. Doublet of huba, a borrowing from Czech.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

gęba f (diminutive gąbka or gębusia)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory or dialectal, Żywiec) face, gob

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Descendants

  • Yiddish: גאָמבע (gombe), געמבע (gembe)

Further reading

  • gęba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gęba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Izydor Kopernicki (1875) “gęba”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I), volume 3, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 370