пагуба
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *paguba. Morphologically formed as па- (pa-) + губа (guba, “bending, sagging, fading”) (obsolete, dialectal).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpaɡobɐ]
Noun
па́губа • (páguba) f (relational adjective па́губен)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | па́мет pámet |
па́мети pámeti |
| definite | паметта́ pamettá |
па́метите pámetite |
Related terms
- гу́бя (gúbja, “to lose, to get waste”)
- ги́на (gína, “to demise, to die”)
- за́губа (záguba, “defeat, loss”)
References
- “пагуба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “пагуба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic пагоуба (paguba), from Proto-Slavic *paguba. Compare Bulgarian за́губа (záguba), Polish zguba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpaɡʊbə]
Noun
па́губа • (páguba) f inan (genitive па́губы, nominative plural па́губы, genitive plural па́губ)
- great harm, absolute ruin, perdition, destruction; bane
Declension
Declension of па́губа (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- па́губный (págubnyj)
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “пагуба”, 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.