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уста

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See also: ұста

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *usta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [oˈsta]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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уста́ (ustáf

  1. (also figurative) mouth
  2. (collective) lips

Declension

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Declension of уста́
singular plural
indefinite уста́
ustá
усти́
ustí
definite уста́та
ustáta
усти́те
ustíte

References

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

Carpathian Rusyn

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *usta.

Noun

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уста (usta)

  1. mouth

Further reading

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Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *usta.

Noun

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уста (ustaf (plural усти, relational adjective устен, diminutive усте or устичка)

  1. mouth
Declension
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Declension of уста
singular plural
indefinite уста (usta) усти (usti)
definite unspecified устата (ustata) устите (ustite)
definite proximal устава (ustava) устиве (ustive)
definite distal устана (ustana) устине (ustine)
vocative усто (usto) усти (usti)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوسته (Turkish usta), from Persian استاد (ostâd).

Noun

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уста (ustam

  1. (archaic, poetic) master, mason

Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *usta. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic оуста (usta) and Old Polish usta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uˈstɑ//uˈsta//uˈsta/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /uˈstɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /uˈsta/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /uˈsta/

  • Hyphenation: у‧ста

Noun

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уста (ustan (plural only)

  1. mouth
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik[1], page 2:
      не рече оустꙑ тъчью иꙁгл҃аахъ·
      ne reče usty tŭčĭju izgl:aaxŭ·
      He didn't say: I just pronounced [them] with [my] mouth;

Declension

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Declension of уста (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative

уста
usta
genitive

устъ
ustŭ
dative

устомъ
ustomŭ
accusative

уста
usta
instrumental

устꙑ
usty
locative

устѣхъ
ustěxŭ
vocative

уста
usta

Descendants

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  • Old Ruthenian: уста (usta)
  • Russian: уста́ (ustá)

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “ꙋста”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1273

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *usta, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (mouth). Cognates include Sanskrit आस् (ās, mouth) and Latin ōs (mouth). Compare Polish usta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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уста́ (ustán inan pl (genitive уст, plural only)

  1. (archaic or poetic) mouth, lips
    Synonyms: (mouth) рот (rot), (lips) гу́бы (gúby)
    • 1873, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава тринадцатая”, in Очарованный странник, Санкт-Петербург: Русский мир; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Enchanted Wanderer, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Кому́ она́ пода́ст стака́н, тот сейча́с вино́ вы́пьет и на подно́с, ско́лько чу́вствует усе́рдия, де́нег ме́чет, зо́лото и́ли ассигна́ции; а она́ его́ тогда́ в уста́ поцелу́ет и покло́нится.
      Komú oná podást stakán, tot sejčás vinó výpʹjet i na podnós, skólʹko čúvstvujet usérdija, déneg méčet, zóloto íli assignácii; a oná jevó togdá v ustá pocelújet i poklónitsja.
      Whoever she offered a glass to drank the wine at once and flung money on the tray, gold or banknotes, as much as his zeal prompted him to; and she would then kiss him on the lips and bow to him.

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *usta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ǔːsta/
  • Hyphenation: у‧ста

Noun

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у́ста n pl (Latin spelling ústa)

  1. (plural only) mouth

Declension

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Further reading

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  • уста”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Tabasaran

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Etymology

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From Turkic, ultimately from Persian استاد. Compare Azerbaijani usta.

Noun

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уста (usta)

  1. master

Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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уста́ (ustán inan pl (genitive уст, plural only)

  1. Alternative form of вуста́ (vustá)

Declension

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Declension of уста́
(inan pl-only hard neut-form accent-b)
plural
nominative уста́
ustá
genitive уст
ust
dative уста́м
ustám
accusative уста́
ustá
instrumental уста́ми
ustámy
locative уста́х
ustáx
vocative уста́
ustá

References

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Yakut

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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уста (usta)

  1. (geometry, general) length (spatial)
    сыһыы устатаsıhıı ustatathe length of the field
    суол устатаsuol ustatathe length of the road
  2. length (temporal), duration
    сыл устатаsıl ustatathe length of the year

Derived terms

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