горе

From the fossilized locative or dative singular of Proto-Slavic *gorà (“mountain”, literally “to/on the mountain”); compare гора́ (gorá, “mountain”, archaic). Stress shift onto the stem is expected in the locative singular but not the dative singular. However, the parallelism with до́лу (dólu, “down”) (which is definitely derived from a dative singular) suggests that this term, too, may derive from the dative singular, with stress shift by analogy with до́лу (dólu).

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го́ре • (góre) (comparative по́-го́ре, superlative на́й-го́ре)

1. up (as a direction)
2. high up (as a position)
3. above
4. higher (in a hierarchy)

• го́рен (góren, “upper, top”)

• “горе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “горе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• ерго (ergo)

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горе • (gore) (comparative погоре, superlative најгоре)

1. up, upward

• нагоре (nagore)
• угоре (ugore)

Related to горе́ть (gorétʹ, “to burn, to be consumed by fire”). Cognates include Ukrainian го́ре (hóre), Belarusian го́ра (hóra). Inherited from Proto-Slavic *goře. For similar meaning change compare печа́ль (pečálʹ, “sadness, grief, sorrow”) related to печь (pečʹ, “to bake”).

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го́ре • (góre) n inan (genitive го́ря, nominative plural го́ря, genitive plural горь, diminutive го́рюшко)

1. (usually uncountable) grief, distress, sadness
2. (usually uncountable) trouble
3. (usually uncountable) misfortune, disaster

• го́рький (górʹkij), го́рько (górʹko), го́ре- (góre-)

• горева́ть (gorevátʹ)
• го́речь (górečʹ)

• → Komi-Zyrian: гӧре (göre) — dialectal
• → Ter Sami: кыэрръя (kïerrja)

го́ре • (góre)

1. placed before a word to express one's view that something or someone is not worthy of being called as such; so-called, poor excuse for

   го́ре-кри́тик ― góre-krítik ― criticaster

• → Armenian: վայ (vay) (semantic loan)
• → Georgian: ვაი (vai) (semantic loan)

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горе́ • (goré)

1. (literary, obsolete) up

   Synonyms: кве́рху (kvérxu), вверх (vverx), наве́рх (navérx)

   возвести́ о́чи горе́ ― vozvestí óči goré ― to look up

   возде́ть ру́ки горе́ ― vozdétʹ rúki goré ― to raise one's hands

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горе́ • (goré) f inan

1. dative/prepositional singular of гора́ (gorá, “mountain / heap”)
   • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 13:3:

     И когда Он сидел на горе Елеонской против храма, спрашивали Его наедине Петр, и Иаков, и Иоанн, и Андрей…

     I kogda On sidel na gore Jeleonskoj protiv xrama, sprašivali Jevo najedine Petr, i Iakov, i Ioann, i Andrej…

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• IPA^(key): /ɡôre/
• Hyphenation: го‧ре

го̏ре (Latin spelling gȍre)

1. up, above

• “горе”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

• IPA^(key): /ɡôreː/
• Hyphenation: го‧ре

го̏ре̄ (Latin spelling gȍrē)

1. worse

• “горе”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Related to горі́ти (horíty, “to burn, to be consumed by fire”). Cognates include Russian го́ре (góre), Belarusian го́ра (hóra).

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го́ре • (hóre) n inan (genitive го́ря, uncountable)

1. (uncountable) grief, distress, sadness
2. (uncountable) trouble
3. (uncountable) misfortune, disaster

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “горе”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “горе”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)