зуб

Inherited from Middle Belarusian зубъ (zub), from Old East Slavic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ).

• IPA^(key): [zup]

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зуб • (zub) m inan (genitive зу́ба, nominative plural зу́бы, genitive plural зубо́ў)

1. tooth

From Old East Slavic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ).

зуб • (zub) m inan

1. tooth

   Розболіл мя зуб, а неє дентисты, його обовязкы выполнят кухар!.

   Rozbolil mja zub, a neje dentystŷ, joho obovjazkŷ vŷpolnjat kuxar!.

   I had a toothache, but we did not have a dentist, the duties of the doctor were performed by the cook!

Inherited from Old Slovak zub, from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn зуб (zub) and Slovak zub.

• IPA^(key): [ˈzup]
• Rhymes: -up
• Hyphenation: зуб

зуб (zub) m inan (diminutive зубчок or зубка, augmentative зубиско, related adjective зубни or зубов)

1. (anatomy) tooth

   млєчни зуб ― mlječni zub ― milk tooth

2. cog (tooth on a gear)

   Synonym: зубок (zubok)

3. prong, tooth (of rakes, combs, etc.)
4. (in the plural) denture

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “зуб”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “tooth”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 334

• зубъ (zub) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Old East Slavic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ).

• IPA^(key): [zup]

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• Rhymes: -up

зуб • (zub) m inan (genitive зу́ба, nominative plural зу́бы or зу́бья^*, genitive plural зубо́в or зу́бьев^*, relational adjective зубно́й, diminutive зубо́к or зу́бчик, augmentative зуби́ще) (* Technical.)

1. tooth

   Hyponyms: резе́ц (rezéc), клык (klyk), моля́р (moljár)

   аку́лий зуб ― akúlij zub ― shark tooth, shark tooth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

   драть зу́бы ― dratʹ zúby ― to pull out teeth (colloquial)

2. (technical) tooth, cog, dent

Compound words:

Compounds:

Phrases

• зуб на зуб не попада́ет impf (zub na zub ne popadájet)

Proverbs

• ви́дит о́ко, да зу́б неймёт (vídit óko, da zúb nejmjót)

• би́вень m (bívenʹ)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зуб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “зуб”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 330

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “зуб”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Isačenko, A. V. (1954‒1965) Грамматический строй русского языка в сопоставлении с словацким: Морфология: I‒II [Grammatical Structure of the Russian Language in Comparison to Slovak. Morphology. Pr. 1 & 2] (in Russian), Bratislava: Slovak Academy of Sciences; ‎^[1]2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Сultures, 2003, →ISBN, page 78

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ).

• IPA^(key): /zûːb/

зу̑б m inan (Latin spelling zȗb)

1. tooth

• зу̀ба̄р

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

From Middle Ukrainian зубъ (zub), from Old East Slavic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ).

• IPA^(key): [zub]

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зуб • (zub) m inan (genitive зу́ба, nominative plural зу́би, genitive plural зубі́в)

1. tooth

зуб • (zub) m inan (genitive зу́ба, nominative plural зу́би or зу́б'я, genitive plural зубі́в or зу́б'їв)

1. tooth, projection, cog (on a rake, comb, gear, etc.)

• тризуб (tryzub)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “зуб”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “зуб”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “зуб”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “зуб”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “зуб”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)