гъба

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic гѫба (gǫba),[1] from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. Cognate with Slovene goba, Slovak huba, Serbo-Croatian губа/guba, Russian гу́бка (gúbka). Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto غومبه‎ (γumba, “swelling”). Compare Latin fungus, Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɤbə]

Noun

гъ́ба • (gǎ́ba) f (related adjective гъ́бен, diminutive гъ́бка)

  1. fungus (any member of the kingdom Fungi)
  2. sponge

Declension
Declension of гъ́ба
singular plural
indefinite гъ́ба
gǎ́ba		 гъ́би
gǎ́bi
definite гъ́бата
gǎ́bata		 гъ́бите
gǎ́bite

References
  1. Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “гъба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 297
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