губа

From Proto-Slavic *gǫba.

• IPA^(key): [ɣuˈba]

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губа́ • (hubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ, related adjective губны́, diminutive гу́бка)

1. lip

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

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba.

губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ, related adjective губно́й, diminutive гу́бка)

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.”)

2. (chiefly plural) tip of certain instruments (e.g. forceps)

• гу́бка (gúbka)
• губно́й (gubnój)
• пригу́бить (prigúbitʹ, “to taste; to try (more frequently about wines)”)
• губа́ не ду́ра (gubá ne dúra)

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").

губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)

1. (botany, colloquial) polypore

   Synonym: гу́бка (gúbka)

2. (obsolete, zoology) sponge

   Synonym: гу́бка (gúbka)

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

губа́ • (gubá) f 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)

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

губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, uncountable)

1. (military, slang) stockade (prison)

   Synonym: гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)

2. (military, slang) detention in a stockade (as a punishment)

   сажа́ть/отправля́ть на губу́ ― sažátʹ/otpravljátʹ na gubú ― to confine to stockade

   Synonym: гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)

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

губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)

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

Possibly from Proto-Slavic *gǫba

губа f (Latin spelling guba)

1. leprosy

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губа́ • (hubá) f inan (genitive губи́, nominative plural гу́би, genitive plural губ or губі́в, related adjective губни́й, diminutive гу́бка)

1. lip

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “губа”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “губа”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)