гибель
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic гꙑбель (gybelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gybělь, from *gyb- + *-ělь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡʲibʲɪlʲ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
ги́бель • (gíbelʹ) f inan (genitive ги́бели, nominative plural ги́бели, genitive plural ги́белей)
- loss, death, demise (due to a violent or unnatural cause, e.g. war, accident, or natural disaster)
- destruction, ruin
- (nautical) sinking, loss (of a ship due to a violent or unnatural cause, e.g. battle, storm, or collision)
- (dated, colloquial) lots of, an immense number of
Declension
Declension of ги́бель (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Related terms
- гибельность (gibelʹnostʹ), поги́бель (pogíbelʹ)
- ги́бельный (gíbelʹnyj), погибельный (pogibelʹnyj), поги́бший (pogíbšij)
- ги́бнуть (gíbnutʹ), погиба́ть (pogibátʹ), поги́бнуть (pogíbnutʹ), сгибнуть (sgibnutʹ)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦɪbelʲ]
Audio: (file)
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic гꙑбель (gybelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gybělь, from *gyb- + *-ělь. By surface analysis, гиб (hyb) + -ель (-elʹ)
Noun
ги́бель • (hýbelʹ) f inan (genitive ги́блі, uncountable)
- loss, death, demise (due to a violent or unnatural cause, e.g. war, accident, or natural disaster)
- Synonym: смерть (smertʹ)
Declension
singular | |
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nominative | ги́бель hýbelʹ |
genitive | ги́белі hýbeli |
dative | ги́белі hýbeli |
accusative | ги́бель hýbelʹ |
instrumental | ги́беллю hýbellju |
locative | ги́белі hýbeli |
vocative | ги́беле hýbele |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Hebel, through Polish hebel.
Noun
ги́бель • (hýbelʹ) f inan (genitive ги́блі, nominative plural ги́блі, genitive plural ги́блей)
- (carpentry) plane (tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface)
- Synonym: рубанок (rubanok)
- (colloquial) clunker (decrepit motor car)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ги́бель hýbelʹ |
ги́блі hýbli |
genitive | ги́блі hýbli |
ги́блей hýblej |
dative | ги́блі hýbli |
ги́блям hýbljam |
accusative | ги́бель hýbelʹ |
ги́блі hýbli |
instrumental | ги́беллю hýbellju |
ги́блями hýbljamy |
locative | ги́блі hýbli |
ги́блях hýbljax |
vocative | ги́бле hýble |
ги́блі hýbli |
References
- “гибель”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)