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Definition 2024
губа
губа
Russian
Noun
губа́ • (gubá) f inan (genitive губы́, nominative plural гу́бы, genitive plural губ)
- (anatomy) lip
- (geography) bay, inlet (usually in northern Russia)
- (military, colloquial) stockade (prison), see гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)
- (military, colloquial) detention in a stockade (as a punishment), see гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)
- сажа́ть/отправля́ть на губу́ ― sažátʹ/otpravljátʹ na gubú ― to confine to stockade
Declension
Synonyms
- (bay): зали́в (zalív), бу́хта (búxta)
- (stockade): гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)
- (punishment): гауптва́хта (gauptváxta)