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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic гꙑбель (gybelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gybělь, from *gyb- + *-ělь.
Pronunciation
Noun
ги́бель • (gíbelʹ) f inan (genitive ги́бели, nominative plural ги́бели, genitive plural ги́белей)
- loss, death, demise (due to a violent or unnatural cause, e.g. war, accident, or natural disaster)
- Synonyms: поги́бель (pogíbelʹ), смерть (smertʹ), кончи́на (končína), коне́ц (konéc)
- destruction, ruin
- Synonyms: круше́ние (krušénije), крах (krax), прова́л (provál)
- (nautical) sinking, loss (of a ship due to a violent or unnatural cause, e.g. battle, storm, or collision)
- (dated, colloquial) lots of, an immense number of
- Synonyms: у́йма (újma), мно́жество (mnóžestvo), бе́здна (bézdna), гру́да (grúda), изоби́лие (izobílije), ки́па (kípa), ку́ча (kúča), лес (les), ма́сса (mássa), мо́ре (móre), оби́лие (obílije), пропасть (propastʹ), про́рва (prórva), ту́ча (túča), тьма (tʹma)
Declension
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic гꙑбель (gybelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gybělь, from *gyb- + *-ělь.
Noun
ги́бель • (hýbelʹ) f inan (genitive ги́блі, uncountable)
- loss, death, demise (due to a violent or unnatural cause, e.g. war, accident, or natural disaster)
- Synonym: смерть (smertʹ)
Declension
Declension of ги́бель (inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Hebel, through Polish hebel.
Noun
ги́бель • (hýbelʹ) f inan (genitive ги́блі, nominative plural ги́блі, genitive plural ги́блей)
- (carpentry) plane (tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface)
- Synonym: рубанок (rubanok)
- Hypernym: narzędzie
- (colloquial) clunker (decrepit motor car)
Declension
Declension of ги́бель (inan 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a reduc)
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