гудьба

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic гѫдьба (gǫdĭba), from Proto-Slavic *gǫdьba. By surface analysis, гудеть (gudetʹ) +‎ -ба́ (-bá). Cognate to Ukrainian гудьба (hudʹba, “humming, music”) and Czech hudba (“music”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʊdʲˈba]

Noun

гудьба́ • (gudʹbá) f inan (genitive гудьбы́, nominative plural *гу́дьбы, genitive plural *гудьб)

1. (rare, puristic) humming, music

Usage notes

Primarily used as a purist replacement to му́зыка (múzyka)

Declension

Declension of гудьба́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	гудьба́ gudʹbá	*гу́дьбы *gúdʹby
genitive	гудьбы́ gudʹbý	*гу́дьб *gúdʹb
dative	гудьбе́ gudʹbé	*гу́дьбам *gúdʹbam
accusative	гудьбу́ gudʹbú	*гу́дьбы *gúdʹby
instrumental	гудьбо́й, гудьбо́ю gudʹbój, gudʹbóju	*гу́дьбами *gúdʹbami
prepositional	гудьбе́ gudʹbé	*гу́дьбах *gúdʹbax

Related terms

• гуде́ть (gudétʹ)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦʊdʲˈba]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Ruthenian гудьба (hudʹba), from Old East Slavic гꙋдьба (gudĭba), from Proto-Slavic *gǫdьba.

Noun

гудьба́ • (hudʹbá) f inan (genitive гудьби́, uncountable)

1. (dialectal or rare) music
2. (rare) an act of playing three-stringed violin
3. (rare) buzzing, humming, droning

Declension

Declension of гудьба́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	гудьба́ hudʹbá
genitive	гудьби́ hudʹbý
dative	гудьбі́ hudʹbí
accusative	гудьбу́ hudʹbú
instrumental	гудьбо́ю hudʹbóju
locative	гудьбі́ hudʹbí
vocative	гу́дьбо húdʹbo

Etymology 2

From гуд- (hud-) +‎ -ьба (-ʹba).

Noun

гудьба́ • (hudʹbá) f inan (genitive гудьби́, uncountable)

1. (rare) reproach, reproof, condemnation, rebuke, criticism

Declension

Declension of гудьба́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	гудьба́ hudʹbá
genitive	гудьби́ hudʹbý
dative	гудьбі́ hudʹbí
accusative	гудьбу́ hudʹbú
instrumental	гудьбо́ю hudʹbóju
locative	гудьбі́ hudʹbí
vocative	гу́дьбо húdʹbo

Further reading

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “гудьба”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “гудьба”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “гудьба”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)