гъба
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- гѫ́ба (gǫ́ba) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))
- га́ба (gába), гу́ба (gúba), гъ́мба (gǎ́mba) — with dialectal reflexes of proto-Slavic *-ǫ-
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic гѫба (gǫba), from Proto-Slavic *gǫba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɤbɐ]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɤbɐ
- Hyphenation(key): гъ‧ба
Noun
гъ́ба • (gǎ́ba) f (relational adjective гъ́бен, diminutive гъ́бка or гъ́бица or гъ́бичка)
- fungus (any member of the kingdom Fungi)
- mushroom
- Яди́вни гъ́би. ― Jadívni gǎ́bi. ― Edible mushrooms
- Отро́вни гъ́би. ― Otróvni gǎ́bi. ― Poisonous mushrooms
- sponge
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | гъ́ба gǎ́ba |
гъ́би gǎ́bi |
| definite | гъ́бата gǎ́bata |
гъ́бите gǎ́bite |
Derived terms
- гъбя́сам pf (gǎbjásam), гъбя́свам impf (gǎbjásvam, “to overgrow with fungi”)
- гъба́р (gǎbár, “mushroom-gatherer or grower”)
- гъ́бица (gǎ́bica), гъ́бичка (gǎ́bička, “kitchen sponge”)
- гъ́бички pl (gǎ́bički, “foot fundal infection”)
References
- “гъба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “гъба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1895), “гѫ́ба”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 264
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гъба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 297
- “гѫба”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025