губа
Belarusian
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Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gǫba.
Pronunciation
Noun
губа́ • (hubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ, relational adjective губны́, diminutive гу́бка)
Declension
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| nominative | губа́ hubá |
гу́бы húby |
| genitive | губы́ hubý |
губ hub |
| dative | губе́ hubjé |
губа́м hubám |
| accusative | губу́ hubú |
гу́бы húby |
| instrumental | губо́й, губо́ю hubój, hubóju |
губа́мі hubámi |
| locative | губе́ hubjé |
губа́х hubáx |
| count form | — | губы́1 hubý1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “губа” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Russian
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba.
Noun
губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ, relational adjective губно́й, diminutive гу́бка)
- (anatomy) lip
- Synonym: (diminutive) гу́бка (gúbka)
- У вас губа́ не ду́ра. ― U vas gubá ne dúra. ― You have good taste. (literally, “Your lip is not foolish.”)
- 1872, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть 1. Глава 2. Принц Гарри. Сватовство”, in Бесы; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Demons, 1994:
- Заме́тив наконе́ц, кака́я она́ хоро́шенькая, когда́ смеётся, он вдруг, при всех гостя́х, обхвати́л её за та́лию и поцелова́л в гу́бы, ра́за три сря́ду, в по́лную сласть.
- Zamétiv nakonéc, kakája oná xoróšenʹkaja, kogdá smejótsja, on vdrug, pri vsex gostjáx, obxvatíl jejó za táliju i pocelovál v gúby, ráza tri srjádu, v pólnuju slastʹ.
- Finally, after remarking on how pretty she was when she laughed, he suddenly put his arm around her waist, in front of all the guests, and kissed her on the lips, three times in a row, to the full of his heart's content.
- 2007, Земфира [Zemfira] (lyrics and music), “Мы разбиваемся [My razbivajemsja]”, in Спасибо:
- Вздох сожале́ния на губа́х,
Зави́сли в непра́вильных города́х...- Vzdox sožalénija na gubáx,
Zavísli v neprávilʹnyx gorodáx... - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Vzdox sožalénija na gubáx,
- (chiefly plural) tip of certain instruments (e.g. forceps)
Declension
Derived terms
- гу́бка (gúbka)
- губно́й (gubnój)
- пригу́бить (prigúbitʹ, “to taste; to try (more frequently about wines)”)
- губа́ не ду́ра (gubá ne dúra)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. Probably in origin the same as Etymology 1 (where the sense "lip" developed figuratively from the original meaning "mushroom, sponge").
Noun
губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)
- (botany, colloquial) polypore
- Synonym: гу́бка (gúbka)
- (obsolete, zoology) sponge
- Synonym: гу́бка (gúbka)
Declension
Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *guba (“fold”), action noun of *gъbnǫti (“bend”). Alternatively, per Vasmer, from губа́ (gubá, “lip”), originally "river mouth".
Noun
губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)
- (geography, Northern Russia, Eastern Russia) bay or inlet of a sea or lake (usually at the mouth of a large river)
Declension
Derived terms
- Оле́нья Губа́ f inan (Olénʹja Gubá)
Etymology 4
Shortening of губва́хта (gubváxta), a corruption of гауптва́хта (gauptváxta).
Noun
губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, uncountable)
- (military, slang) stockade (prison)
- Synonym: гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)
- (military, slang) detention in a stockade (as a punishment)
- Synonym: гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)
- сажа́ть/отправля́ть на губу́ ― sažátʹ/otpravljátʹ na gubú ― to confine to stockade
Declension
Etymology 5
Per Vasmer, deverbal from губи́ть (gubítʹ, “to destroy”).
Noun
губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Slavic *gǫba
Noun
губа f (Latin spelling guba)
Ukrainian
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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. Doublet of ґе́мба (gémba), which was borrowed from Polish.
Pronunciation
Noun
губа́ • (hubá) f inan (genitive губи́, nominative plural гу́би, genitive plural губ or губі́в, relational adjective губни́й, diminutive гу́бка)
Declension
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “губа”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “губа”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)