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гібель

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic гꙑбель (gybelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *gybělь, from *gyb- +‎ *-ělь. Compare Russian ги́бель (gíbelʹ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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гі́бель (híbjelʹf inan (genitive гі́белі, uncountable, relational adjective гі́бельны)

  1. destruction, ruin
    Synonyms: разбурэ́нне (razburénnje), пагі́бель (pahíbjelʹ), згу́ба (zhúba), загу́ба (zahúba)
  2. loss, death
    Synonyms: смерць (smjercʹ), кане́ц (kanjéc)
    на кра́і гі́беліna krái híbjelion the verge of death
  3. lots of, immense number, multitude
    Synonyms: мно́ства (mnóstva), про́цьма (prócʹma), бе́зліч (bjézlič), мно́га (mnóha), шмат (šmat), бага́та (baháta), няма́ла (njamála)
    да гі́беліda híbjelivery much (literally, “up to an immense number”)

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Derived terms

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References

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  • гібель” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • гібель”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)