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губа

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See also: губя and гѫба

Belarusian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *gǫba.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɣuˈba]
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Noun

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губа́ (hubáf inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ, relational adjective губны́, diminutive гу́бка)

  1. lip

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References

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  • губа” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

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губа

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba.

Noun

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губа́ (gubáf inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ, relational adjective губно́й, diminutive гу́бка or губёнка, augmentative губи́ща, pejorative губёшка, expressive term (anticorism) губёха or губе́шник or губёшник or губе́нция or (expressive plural) гу́бья)

  1. (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], “Мы разбиваемся [My razbivajemsja]”, in Спасибо[1]:
      Вздох сожале́ния на губа́х,
      Зави́сли в непра́вильных города́х...
      Vzdox sožalénija na gubáx,
      Zavísli v neprávilʹnyx gorodáx...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (chiefly plural) tip of certain instruments (e.g. forceps)
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Etymology 2

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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

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губа́ (gubáf inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ, collective губьё, pejorative collective губьё)

  1. (botany, colloquial) polypore
    Synonym: гу́бка (gúbka)
  2. (obsolete, zoology) sponge
    Synonym: гу́бка (gúbka)
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Etymology 3

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *guba (fold), action noun of *gъbnǫti (bend). Alternatively, per Vasmer, from губа́ (gubá, lip), originally "river mouth".

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губа́ (gubáf inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)

  1. (geography, Northern Russia, Eastern Russia) bay or inlet of a sea or lake (usually at the mouth of a large river)
    Synonyms: зали́в (zalív), бу́хта (búxta)
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Etymology 4

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Clipping of губва́хта (gubváxta), a corruption of гауптва́хта (gauptváxta).

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губа́ (gubáf inan (genitive губы́, uncountable)

  1. (military, slang) stockade (prison)
    Synonym: гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)
  2. (military, slang) detention in a stockade (as a punishment)
    Synonym: гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)
    сажа́ть/отправля́ть на губу́sažátʹ/otpravljátʹ na gubúto confine to stockade
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Etymology 5

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Per Vasmer, deverbal from губи́ть (gubítʹ, to destroy).

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губа́ (gubáf inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)

  1. (historical) type of judicial district in Russia in the 16th and 17th centuries
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Slavic *gǫba This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly:

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губа f (Latin spelling guba)

  1. leprosy

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. Doublet of ґе́мба (gémba), which was borrowed from Polish.

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Noun

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губа́ (hubáf inan (genitive губи́, nominative plural гу́би, genitive plural губ or губі́в, relational adjective губни́й, diminutive гу́бка)

  1. lip

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Declension of губа́
(inan hard fem-form accent-f')
singular plural
nominative губа́
hubá
гу́би
húby
genitive губи́
hubý
губ, губі́в
hub, hubív
dative губі́
hubí
губа́м
hubám
accusative гу́бу
húbu
гу́би
húby
instrumental губо́ю
hubóju
губа́ми
hubámy
locative губі́
hubí
губа́х
hubáx
vocative гу́бо
húbo
гу́би
húby

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