пуп

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic пупъ (pupŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (“bud, navel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pup]

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Noun

пуп • (pup) m inan (genitive пупа́, nominative plural пупы́, genitive plural пупо́в)

1. (anatomy) belly button, navel, umbilicus

   глуп как пуп! ― glup kak pup! ― silly (humorous)

   пуп земли ― pup zemli ― hub of the universe

Declension

Declension of пуп (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пу́п púp	пупы́ pupý
genitive	пупа́ pupá	пупо́в pupóv
dative	пупу́ pupú	пупа́м pupám
accusative	пу́п púp	пупы́ pupý
instrumental	пупо́м pupóm	пупа́ми pupámi
prepositional	пупе́ pupé	пупа́х pupáx

Synonyms

• пупо́к (pupók)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пуп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (Russian пуп (pup), Polish pęp).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûp/

Noun

пу̏п m (Latin spelling pȕp)

1. bud, burgeon

Declension

Declension of пуп

	singular	plural
nominative	пу̏п	пу̀пови
genitive	пупа	пупова
dative	пупу	пуповима
accusative	пуп	пупове
vocative	пупе	пупови
locative	пупу	пуповима
instrumental	пупом	пуповима

References

• “пуп” in Hrvatski jezični portal