утроба

See also: ѫтроба

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian утро́ба (utróba), from *ǫtroba. Synchronically analyzable as въ́тре (vǎ́tre, “inside”) +‎ -оба (-oba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈtrɔbɐ]

Noun

утро́ба • (utróba) f

1. womb, uterus
2. gut, interior of an organism

Declension

Declension of утро́ба

	singular	plural
indefinite	утро́ба utróba	утро́би utróbi
definite	утро́бата utróbata	утро́бите utróbite

Related terms

• въ́трешност (vǎ́trešnost, “interior”)

References

• “утроба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “утроба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “утро́ба”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 462
• “ѫтроба”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫtroba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈutrɔba]

Noun

утроба • (utroba) f

1. gut, interior of an organism
2. womb, uterus

Declension

Declension of утроба

	singular	plural
indefinite	утроба (utroba)	утроби (utrobi)
definite unspecified	утробата (utrobata)	утробите (utrobite)
definite proximal	утробава (utrobava)	утробиве (utrobive)
definite distal	утробана (utrobana)	утробине (utrobine)
vocative	утробо (utrobo)	утроби (utrobi)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic утроба (utroba), from Proto-Slavic *ǫtroba (“internal organs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈtrobə]

Noun

утро́ба • (utróba) f inan (genitive утро́бы, nominative plural утро́бы, genitive plural утро́б)

1. womb
2. belly

Declension

Declension of утро́ба (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	утро́ба utróba	утро́бы utróby
genitive	утро́бы utróby	утро́б utrób
dative	утро́бе utróbe	утро́бам utróbam
accusative	утро́бу utróbu	утро́бы utróby
instrumental	утро́бой, утро́бою utróboj, utróboju	утро́бами utróbami
prepositional	утро́бе utróbe	утро́бах utróbax

Related terms

• утробный (utrobnyj)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫtroba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ûtroba/
• Hyphenation: у‧тро‧ба

Noun

у̏троба f (Latin spelling ȕtroba)

1. intestines
2. womb
3. bowel
4. entrails

Declension

Declension of утроба

	singular	plural
nominative	утроба	утробе
genitive	утробе	утроба
dative	утроби	утробама
accusative	утробу	утробе
vocative	утробо	утробе
locative	утроби	утробама
instrumental	утробом	утробама

Further reading

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