уста

See also: ұста

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *usta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uˈsta]

Noun

уста́ (ustá) f

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

Declension

References

  • уста in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • уста in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈusta]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *usta.

Noun

уста (usta) f (plural усти, related adjective устен, diminutive усте or устичка)

  1. mouth
Declension

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish usta), from Persian استاد (ostâd).

Noun

уста (usta) m

  1. (archaic, poetic) master, mason

Old East Slavic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

уста (usta) n (plural only)

  1. mouth
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, 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

Descendants

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

References

Russian

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [ʊˈsta]
  • (file)

Noun

уста́ (ustá) n inan pl (genitive уст, plural only)

  1. (archaic or poetic) mouth, lips
    Synonyms: (mouth) рот (rot), (lips) гу́бы (gúby)

Declension

Rusyn

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *usta.

Noun

уста (usta)

  1. mouth

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *usta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

у́ста n pl (Latin spelling ústa)

  1. (plural only) mouth

Declension

Further reading

  • уста” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Tabasaran

Etymology

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

Noun

уста (usta)

  1. master

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʊˈsta]
  • (file)

Noun

уста́ (ustá) n inan pl (genitive уст, plural only)

  1. Alternative form of вуста́ (vustá)

Declension

References

Yakut

Etymology

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Noun

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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