# губа
## Belarusian

Picture dictionary :
губа
чэрап
мозг
вока
губа
нос
рот
падбародак
сківіца
вуха
скронь
шыя :

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɣuˈba]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

губа́ • (hubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ, relational adjective губны́, diminutive гу́бка)
* lip

#### Declension

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

### References

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

## Russian

Picture dictionary :
губа
череп
мозг
глаз
губа
нос
рот
подбородок
челюсть
ухо
висок
шея :

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡʊˈba]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba.

#### Noun

губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ, relational adjective губно́й, diminutive гу́бка)
* (anatomy) lip
    Synonym: (diminutive) гу́бка (gúbka)
    У вас губа́ не ду́ра. ― U vas gubá ne dúra. ― You have good taste. (literally, “Your lip is not foolish.”)
** 1872, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть 1. Глава 2. Принц Гарри. Сватовство”, in Бесы; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Demons, 1994:Заме́тив наконе́ц, кака́я она́ хоро́шенькая, когда́ смеётся, он вдруг, при всех гостя́х, обхвати́л её за та́лию и поцелова́л в гу́бы, ра́за три сря́ду, в по́лную сласть.Zamétiv nakonéc, kakája oná xoróšenʹkaja, kogdá smejótsja, on vdrug, pri vsex gostjáx, obxvatíl jejó za táliju i pocelovál v gúby, ráza tri srjádu, v pólnuju slastʹ.Finally, after remarking on how pretty she was when she laughed, he suddenly put his arm around her waist, in front of all the guests, and kissed her on the lips, three times in a row, to the full of his heart's content.
** 2007, Земфира [Zemfira] (lyrics and music), “Мы разбиваемся [My razbivajemsja]”, in Спасибо‎:Вздох сожале́ния на губа́х, Зави́сли в непра́вильных города́х...Vzdox sožalénija na gubáx, Zavísli v neprávilʹnyx gorodáx...(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (chiefly plural) tip of certain instruments (e.g. forceps)

##### Derived terms

* гу́бка (gúbka)
* губно́й (gubnój)
* пригу́бить (prigúbitʹ, “to taste; to try (more frequently about wines)”)

###### Phrases

* губа́ не ду́ра (gubá ne dúra)
* раската́ть губу́ pf (raskatátʹ gubú)

###### Proverbs

* губа то́лще, брю́хо то́ньше (guba tólšče, brjúxo tónʹše)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. Probably in origin the same as Etymology 1 (where the sense "lip" developed figuratively from the original meaning "mushroom, sponge").

#### Noun

губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)
* (botany, colloquial) polypore
    Synonym: гу́бка (gúbka)
* (obsolete, zoology) sponge
    Synonym: гу́бка (gúbka)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *guba (“fold”), action noun of *gъbnǫti (“bend”). Alternatively, per Vasmer, from губа́ (gubá, “lip”), originally "river mouth".

#### Noun

губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)
* (geography, Northern Russia, Eastern Russia) bay or inlet of a sea or lake (usually at the mouth of a large river)
    Synonyms: зали́в (zalív), бу́хта (búxta)

##### Derived terms

* Оле́нья Губа́ f inan (Olénʹja Gubá)

### Etymology 4

Shortening of губва́хта (gubváxta), a corruption of гауптва́хта (gauptváxta).

#### Noun

губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, uncountable)
* (military, slang) stockade (prison)
    Synonym: гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)
* (military, slang) detention in a stockade (as a punishment)
    Synonym: гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)
    сажа́ть/отправля́ть на губу́ ― sažátʹ/otpravljátʹ na gubú ― to confine to stockade

##### Declension
### Etymology 5

Per Vasmer, deverbal from губи́ть (gubítʹ, “to destroy”).

#### Noun

губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)
* (historical) type of judicial district in Russia in the 16th and 17th centuries

##### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Slavic *gǫba

### Noun

губа f (Latin spelling guba)
* leprosy

## Ukrainian

Picture dictionary :
губа
череп
мозок
око
губа
ніс
рот
підборіддя
щелепа
вухо
висок
шия :

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. Doublet of ґе́мба (gémba), which was borrowed from Polish.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɦʊˈba]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

губа́ • (hubá) f inan (genitive губи́, nominative plural гу́би, genitive plural губ or губі́в, relational adjective губни́й, diminutive гу́бка)
* lip

#### Declension
### References

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