# жопа
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### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʐopa]

### Noun

жо́па • (žópa) f inan (genitive жо́пы, nominative plural жо́пы, genitive plural жоп)
* (vulgar) ass (the buttocks of a person or animal)
    Synonyms: (more common) ду́па (dúpa), сра́ка (sráka)

#### Declension

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

## Old Novgorodian
### Etymology

From early *жоупа (*župa), inherited from Proto-Slavic *ďupa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *djaupāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewp-eh₂ (“hole”), from *dʰewp-, from *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). First attested in c. 1320‒1340. Cognate with Middle Russian жопа (žopa), жупа (župa), Russian жо́па (žópa), dialectal Czech ďupa.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: жо‧па

### Noun

жопа • (žopa) f
* (anatomy, vulgar, hapax) anus, ass
** c. 1320‒1340, Берестяная грамота № 1131 [Birchbark letter no. 1131]‎, Novgorod:… [жо|па паганна] …… [žo|pa paganna] …… bad ass …

### References

* ↑ Anikin, A. E. (2021) “дýпа”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 128
* ↑ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2013) “К истории слов. Просторечное жопа”, in Slavica Svetlanica. Язык и картина мира‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Indrik, →ISBN, pages 36–41
* ↑ Gippius, A. A. (actor) (December 19, 2020), “Игра в слова” (25:35 from the start), in Эпиграфические итоги 2020 года‎ (in Russian), Institute for Slavic Studies RAS

## Russian
### Etymology

Uncertain, presumed to derive from a Proto-Slavic form which cannot be easily reconstructed. According to Vasmer, two probable hypotheses are:
* Cognate with Polish gap (“rubbernecker”) and gapić się (“to stare”)
* Cognate with Old Church Slavonic жупа (župa, “hole”) and Ukrainian жу́па (žúpa, “salt mine”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʐopə]
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### Noun

жо́па • (žópa) f inan (genitive жо́пы, nominative plural жо́пы, genitive plural жоп, relational adjective жо́пный, diminutive жо́пка)
* (colloquial, derogatory) ass, arse (the buttocks of a person or animal)
    Synonyms: за́дница (zádnica); (vulgar) сра́ка (sráka); (slightly less vulgar) зад (zad); (not vulgar) по́па (pópa), гу́зно (gúzno), а́нус (ánus); (vulgar) пердалище (perdališče), перда́к (perdák)
    Подви́нь жо́пу! ― Podvínʹ žópu! ― Move your ass!
* (colloquial, rude, figurative) middle of nowhere, Bumfuck
    Synonyms: дыра́ (dyrá); (highly vulgar) ебеня́ (jebenjá); (vulgar) Мухосра́нск (Muxosránsk)
    У него́ дом в како́й-то жо́пе. ― U nevó dom v kakój-to žópe. ― His house is someplace out in Bumfuck.
* (colloquial, rude, figurative) shit (a difficult situation)
    Synonym: (highly vulgar) пизде́ц (pizdéc)
    попа́сть в глубо́кую жо́пу ― popástʹ v glubókuju žópu ― to be in deep shit
* (colloquial, rare, figurative, derogatory) annoying person; shithead, asshole
    Synonym: жо́пошник (žópošnik)
    Ну ты, жо́па, подви́нься! ― Nu ty, žópa, podvínʹsja! ― Move over, you asshole!

#### Derived terms

* жо́пошник (žópošnik)
* жопоро́жец (žoporóžec)
* взять за жо́пу (vzjatʹ za žópu)
* иди́ в жо́пу (idí v žópu)
* фотожо́па (fotožópa)
* фотожо́пить (fotožópitʹ)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жопа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress