горе

From the fossilized locative or dative singular of Proto-Slavic *gorà (“mountain”, literally “to/on the mountain”); compare гора́ (gorá, “mountain”, archaic). Stress shift onto the stem is expected in the locative singular but not the dative singular. However, the parallelism with до́лу (dólu, “down”) (which is definitely derived from a dative singular) suggests that this term, too, may derive from the dative singular, with stress shift by analogy with до́лу (dólu).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔrɛ]

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го́ре • (góre) (comparative по́-го́ре, superlative на́й-го́ре)

1. up (as a direction)
2. high up (as a position)
3. above
4. higher (in a hierarchy)

• до́лу (dólu, “down”)

• го́рен (góren, “upper, top”)
• наго́ре (nagóre, “up, upwards”)

• “горе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “горе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• ерго (ergo)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔɾɛ]

горе • (gore) (comparative погоре, superlative најгоре)

1. up, upward

• нагоре (nagore)
• угоре (ugore)

Related to горе́ть (gorétʹ, “to burn, to be consumed by fire”). Cognates include Ukrainian го́ре (hóre), Belarusian го́ра (hóra). Inherited from Proto-Slavic *goře. For similar meaning change compare печа́ль (pečálʹ, “sadness, grief, sorrow”) related to печь (pečʹ, “to bake”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡorʲe]

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го́ре • (góre) n inan (genitive го́ря, nominative plural го́ря, genitive plural горь, diminutive го́рюшко)

1. (usually uncountable) grief, distress, sadness
2. (usually uncountable) trouble
3. (usually uncountable) misfortune, disaster

• го́ре- (góre-)
• горева́ть impf (gorevátʹ)

Compounds:

• горемы́ка m anim or f anim (goremýka)

• го́рестный (górestnyj)
• го́ресть f (górestʹ)
• го́речь f (górečʹ)
• го́рький (górʹkij), го́рько (górʹko)

• → Komi-Zyrian: гӧре (göre) — dialectal
• → Ter Sami: кыэрръя (kïerrja)

го́ре • (góre)

1. placed before a word to express one's view that something or someone is not worthy of being called as such; so-called, poor excuse for

   го́ре-кри́тик ― góre-krítik ― criticaster

• → Armenian: վայ (vay) (semantic loan)
• → Georgian: ვაი (vai) (semantic loan)

• IPA^(key): [ɡɐˈrʲe]

горе́ • (goré)

1. (literary, obsolete) up

   Synonyms: кве́рху (kvérxu), вверх (vverx), наве́рх (navérx)

   возвести́ о́чи горе́ ― vozvestí óči goré ― to look up

   возде́ть ру́ки горе́ ― vozdétʹ rúki goré ― to raise one's hands

• до́лу (dólu)

• IPA^(key): [ɡɐˈrʲe]

горе́ • (goré) f inan

1. dative/prepositional singular of гора́ (gorá, “mountain / heap”)
   • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 13:3:

     И когда Он сидел на горе Елеонской против храма, спрашивали Его наедине Петр, и Иаков, и Иоанн, и Андрей…

     I kogda On sidel na gore Jeleonskoj protiv xrama, sprašivali Jevo najedine Petr, i Iakov, i Ioann, i Andrej…

     As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple area, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

• IPA^(key): /ɡôre/
• Hyphenation: го‧ре

го̏ре (Latin spelling gȍre)

1. up, above

• “горе”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /ɡôreː/
• Hyphenation: го‧ре

го̏ре̄ (Latin spelling gȍrē)

1. worse

• “горе”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Related to горі́ти (horíty, “to burn, to be consumed by fire”). Cognates include Russian го́ре (góre), Belarusian го́ра (hóra).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɔre]

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го́ре • (hóre) n inan (genitive го́ря, uncountable)

1. (uncountable) grief, distress, sadness
2. (uncountable) trouble
3. (uncountable) misfortune, disaster

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