губка

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic گۋبكا
Cyrillic губка
Latin gubka
Yañalif guʙka
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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гу́бка (gúbka).

Pronunciation

Noun

губка (gubka)

  1. (zoology) sponge

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Russian

Etymology

губа́ (gubá) +‎ ка (ka)

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Noun

гу́бка (gúbkaf inan (genitive гу́бки, nominative plural гу́бки, genitive plural гу́бок)

  1. endearing diminutive of губа́ (gubá, lip)
  2. sponge
  3. polypore
    Synonym: трутови́к (trutovík)

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫbъka, from *gǫba +‎ *-ъka. By surface analysis, гу́ба (húba) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Polish gąbka (sponge) and Polish hubka (amadou).

Pronunciation

Noun

гу́бка (húbkaf inan (genitive гу́бки, nominative plural гу́бки, genitive plural гу́бок)

  1. endearing diminutive of гу́ба f (húba, lip)

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Noun

гу́бка (húbkaf animal or f inan (genitive гу́бки, nominative plural гу́бки, genitive plural гу́бок)

  1. (animal, chiefly in the plural) sponge (any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera)
  2. (inanimate) sponge (piece of porous absorbent material—originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic)

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(animal)

(inanimate)

Noun

гу́бка (húbkaf inan (genitive гу́бки, nominative plural гу́бки, genitive plural гу́бок)

  1. fruiting body of the tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) or other polypore
  2. amadou
    Synonym: трут m (trut)

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