# дуб
## Belarusian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dup]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

дуб • (dub) m inan (genitive ду́ба, nominative plural дубы́, genitive plural дубо́ў)
* oak (Quercus) (tree and wood)

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### Derived terms

* дубовы (dubóvy)

### References

* “дуб” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dup]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -up

### Noun

дуб • (dub) m anim or m inan (genitive ду́ба, nominative plural дубы́, genitive plural дубо́в, relational adjective дубо́вый, diminutive дубо́к or дубо́чек)
* oak (Quercus) (tree and wood)
    Во́зле на́шего дома растёт дуб. ― Vózle náševo doma rastjót dub. ― An oak grows near our house.
    дуб вирги́нский ― dub virgínskij ― live oak
    дуб лавроли́стный ― dub lavrolístnyj ― laurel oak
    дуб ка́менный ― dub kámennyj ― holm oak
    дуб ска́льный ― dub skálʹnyj ― durmast oak
    дуб ба́рхатный, дуб бархати́стый ― dub bárxatnyj, dub barxatístyj ― (Quercus velutina) yellow-bark oak, quercitron, black oak, dyer's oak
    морёный дуб ― morjónyj dub ― fumed oak
    дуб про́бковый ― dub próbkovyj ― cork oak
    дуб австри́йский ― dub avstríjskij ― (Quercus cerris) Turkey oak
    дуб америка́нский шарла́ховый ― dub amerikánskij šarláxovyj ― (Quercus coccinea) red oak, scarlet oak
    дуб аракси́нский ― dub araksínskij ― (Quercus araxina ⇒ Quercus infectoria subsp. veneris) Aleppo oak, Cyprus oak, Asian holly oak
    дуб бе́лый ― dub bélyj ― (Quercus alba) white oak
    дуб боло́тный ― dub bolótnyj ― (Quercus palustris) swamp oak
    дуб го́лый ― dub gólyj ― (Quercus laevis) turkey oak
    дуб го́рный ― dub górnyj ― (Quercus montana) chestnut oak, rock oak
    дуб до́льчатый ― dub dólʹčatyj ― (Quercus lobata) valley oak
    вели́к дуб, да дупля́ст, а мал дуб, да здоро́вvelík dub, da dupljást, a mal dub, da zdoróvsize or greatness is not always good(literally, “the oak is large but it has hollows, while the other one is small but healthy”)
    Э́тот стол изгото́влен из ду́ба.Étot stol izgotóvlen iz dúba.This table is made from oak
* tan, bark of an oak or other tree used to obtain tannic acid
    дать ду́ба (saying) ― datʹ dúba ― to kick the bucket, to die
* (rаre) boat made from oak boards or a single oak-tree trunk
* (figuratively, colloquial) stupid man, blockhead, numskull
    Какой же ты дуб!Kakoj že ty dub!What a blockhead you are!
    дуб ду́бом ― dub dúbom ― (someone) very stupid, a dummy

#### Related terms

* дубак (dubak)
* дуби́на (dubína)
* дубняк (dubnjak)
* дубо́к (dubók)
* дубра́ва (dubráva)

#### Descendants

* → Ingrian: duuba

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰanw-.

### Noun

дуб m (Latin spelling dub)
* (archaic) oak (wood)
* (archaic) oak tree
    Synonym: храст

### Further reading

* “дуб” in Hrvatski jezični portal
* “дуб” in Hrvatski jezični portal
* “дуб” in Hrvatski jezični portal

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰanw-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dub]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

дуб • (dub) m inan (genitive ду́ба, nominative plural дуби́, genitive plural дубі́в, relational adjective дубо́вий)
* oak (tree of the genus Quercus and its wood)

#### Declension
### See also

* жо́лудь m (žóludʹ)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дуб”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “дуб”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “дуб”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “дуб”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)