губа

From Proto-Slavic *gǫba.

• IPA^(key): [ɣuˈba]

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

1. lip

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

• IPA^(key): [ɡʊˈba]

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba.

губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ, relational adjective губно́й, diminutive гу́бка or губёнка, augmentative губи́ща)

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.”)

   • 1872, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть 1. Глава 2. Принц Гарри. Сватовство”, in Бесы; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Demons, 1994:

     Заме́тив наконе́ц, кака́я она́ хоро́шенькая, когда́ смеётся, он вдруг, при всех гостя́х, обхвати́л её за та́лию и поцелова́л в гу́бы, ра́за три сря́ду, в по́лную сласть.

     Zamétiv nakonéc, kakája oná xoróšenʹkaja, kogdá smejótsja, on vdrug, pri vsex gostjáx, obxvatíl jejó za táliju i pocelovál v gúby, ráza tri srjádu, v pólnuju slastʹ.

     Finally, after remarking on how pretty she was when she laughed, he suddenly put his arm around her waist, in front of all the guests, and kissed her on the lips, three times in a row, to the full of his heart's content.

   • 2007, Земфира [Zemfira], “Мы разбиваемся [My razbivajemsja]”, in Спасибо‎^[1]:

     Вздох сожале́ния на губа́х,
     Зави́сли в непра́вильных города́х...

     Vzdox sožalénija na gubáx,
     Zavísli v neprávilʹnyx gorodáx...

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

• гу́бка (gúbka)
• губно́й (gubnój)
• пригу́бить (prigúbitʹ, “to taste; to try (more frequently about wines)”)

Phrases

• губа́ не ду́ра (gubá ne dúra)
• раската́ть губу́ pf (raskatátʹ gubú)

Proverbs

• губа то́лще, брю́хо то́ньше (guba tólšče, brjúxo tónʹše)

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)

• Оле́нья Губа́ f inan (Olénʹja Gubá)

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)

   Synonym: гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)

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

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 This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

губа f (Latin spelling guba)

1. leprosy

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. Doublet of ґе́мба (gémba), which was borrowed from Polish.

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губа́ • (hubá) f inan (genitive губи́, nominative plural гу́би, genitive plural губ or губі́в, relational 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)