# zub
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech zub, from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈzup]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -zup, -up

### Noun

zub m inan
* tooth (structure present in the mouth of many animals)
    mít toho plné zuby! ― to be fed up (one's teeth are full)
    Darovanému koni na zuby nehleď. ― Don't look at the teeth of a donated horse / don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
* tooth (a projection on the edge of an instrument)
* tooth (projection resembling a tooth)
* nib, bite
    něco na zub ― something to nibble on; some snacks
    Bylo nám jasné, že dostaneme něco dobrého na zub. ― It was clear that we were going to get something good to eat.

#### Derived terms

* držet jazyk za zuby
* oko za oko, zub za zub
* rosolozub m
* trojzubec
* zubař m
* zubní

### References

* ↑ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549

### Further reading

* “zub”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “zub”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “zub”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zup/

### Noun

zub m inan (diminutive zubk)
* tooth

#### Derived terms

* zubak
* zubank
* zubaŕ
* zubaty
* zubawa
* zubcyck
* zubcyk
* zubick
* zubik
* zubikaty
* zubisko
* zubiś se
* zubkaty
* zubny
* zubowy
* zuby
* zubybólenje

### References

* ↑ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈzub/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈzup/

### Noun

zub m inan
* tooth
    vtieti zuby v něčso ― to sink one's teeth into something
    lomiti zuby ― to grind one's teeth
** ~1420, Knihy, jenž slovú Zrcadlo člověčieho spasenie‎:Uši jeho nikdy by neohlechle a zubi jeho nikdy by laskomin netrpěli.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* Czech: zub

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “zub”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zûːb/
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### Noun

zȗb m (Cyrillic spelling зу̑б)
* tooth

#### Derived terms

* mlijȇčnī zȗb
* zùbār
* zubić

### References

* ↑ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549

### Further reading

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

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [zup]

### Noun

zub m inan (genitive singular zuba, nominative plural zuby, genitive plural zubov, declension pattern of dub)
* tooth

#### Derived terms

* trojzub
* zubár m
* zubisko n
* zubný m
* zúbok m, zubček m
* zubový

### Further reading

* “zub”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025