габа

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. Cognate with Bulgarian гъба (gǎba), Slovene goba, Slovak huba, Serbo-Croatian губа/guba, Russian губка (gubka). Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto غومبه (γumba, “swelling”). Compare Latin fungus, Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaba]

габа • (gaba) f (plural габи, relational adjective габичен, diminutive габичка)

1. fungus (any member of the kingdom Fungi)

• печурка (pečurka)

Inherited from Old Slovak haba, from Hungarian hab (“foam; froth; (poetic) wave”). Cognate with Carpathian Rusyn габа́ (habá).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦaba]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Hyphenation: га‧ба

габа (haba) f (related adjective габов)

1. wave (moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid)
2. (physics) wave (moving disturbance in the energy level of a field)

   звучна габа ― zvučna haba ― sound wave

   • 2024 December 30, РТВ/В. Вуячич, “Специялни новорочни емисиї на габох радия РТВ [Special New Year programs on the RTV radio waves]”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     Руска редакция радия Радио-телевизиї Войводини пририхтує специялни новорочни емисиї.

     Ruska redakcija radija Radio-televiziji Vojvodini pririxtuje specijalni novoročni emisiji.

     The Rusyn editorial office of Radio-Television Vojvodina is preparing special New Year programs.

3. (figurative) wave (sudden, but temporary, uptick in something; movement or trend in popular culture)
4. torrent, flash flood, deluge

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “габа”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “wave”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 371