гудьба

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic гѫдьба (gǫdĭba), from Proto-Slavic *gǫdьba. By surface analysis, гудеть (gudetʹ) +‎ -ба́ (-bá). Cognate to Ukrainian гудьба (hudʹba, humming, music) and Czech hudba (music).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʊdʲˈba]

Noun

гудьба́ • (gudʹbáf inan (genitive гудьбы́, nominative plural *гу́дьбы, genitive plural *гудьб)

  1. (rare, puristic) humming, music

Usage notes

Primarily used as a purist replacement to му́зыка (múzyka)

Declension

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦʊdʲˈba]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Ruthenian гудьба (hudʹba), from Old East Slavic гꙋдьба (gudĭba), from Proto-Slavic *gǫdьba.

Noun

гудьба́ • (hudʹbáf inan (genitive гудьби́, uncountable)

  1. (dialectal or rare) music
  2. (rare) an act of playing three-stringed violin
  3. (rare) buzzing, humming, droning
Declension
Declension of гудьба́
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)
singular
nominative гудьба́
hudʹbá
genitive гудьби́
hudʹbý
dative гудьбі́
hudʹbí
accusative гудьбу́
hudʹbú
instrumental гудьбо́ю
hudʹbóju
locative гудьбі́
hudʹbí
vocative гу́дьбо
húdʹbo

Etymology 2

From гу́д- (húd-) +‎ -ьба (-ʹba).

Noun

гудьба́ • (hudʹbáf inan (genitive гудьби́, uncountable)

  1. (rare) reproach, reproof, condemnation, rebuke, criticism
Declension
Declension of гудьба́
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)
singular
nominative гудьба́
hudʹbá
genitive гудьби́
hudʹbý
dative гудьбі́
hudʹbí
accusative гудьбу́
hudʹbú
instrumental гудьбо́ю
hudʹbóju
locative гудьбі́
hudʹbí
vocative гу́дьбо
húdʹbo

Further reading

  • A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “гудьба”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
  • A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “гудьба”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
  • гудьба”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)