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zub

zub

Czech

Noun

zub m, inanimate

  1. tooth (structure present in the mouth of many animals)
  2. tooth (a projection on the edge of an instrument)
  3. tooth (projection resembling a tooth)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 549

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źambas,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zup/

Noun

zub m (diminutive zubk)

  1. tooth

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 549

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źambas,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zûːb/

Noun

zȗb m (Cyrillic spelling зу̑б)

  1. tooth

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 549

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źambas,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zup/

Noun

zub m (genitive singular zuba, nominative plural zuby, declension pattern of dub)

  1. tooth

Declension

Derived terms

  • zubár m
  • zubný m
  • zubový
  • zúbok m, zubček m
  • zubisko n

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 549