гібель

• hibiel — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Old East Slavic гꙑбель (gybelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gybělь, from *gyb- +‎ *-ělь. Compare Russian ги́бель (gíbelʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɣʲibʲelʲ]
• Rhymes: -ibʲelʲ

гі́бель • (híbjelʹ) f inan (genitive гі́белі, uncountable, relational adjective гі́бельны)

1. destruction, ruin

   Synonyms: разбурэ́нне (razburénnje), пагі́бель (pahíbjelʹ), згу́ба (zhúba), загу́ба (zahúba)

2. loss, death

   Synonyms: смерць (smjercʹ), кане́ц (kanjéc)

   на кра́і гі́белі ― na krái híbjeli ― on the verge of death

3. lots of, immense number, multitude

   Synonyms: мно́ства (mnóstva), про́цьма (prócʹma), бе́зліч (bjézlič), мно́га (mnóha), шмат (šmat), бага́та (baháta), няма́ла (njamála)

   да гі́белі ― da híbjeli ― very much (literally, “up to an immense number”)

• “гібель” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “гібель”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)