губить
Russian
verb
Definitions
- to wreck, to destroy, to ruin
- to kill make useless
- to waste
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gubiti.
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*gubiti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- душа Russian
- душегуб Russian
- gubić Polish
- *gubiti Proto-Slavic
- gubiti Serbo-Croatian
- губити Serbo-Croatian
- губя Bulgarian
- губи Macedonian
- губіць Belarusian
- gubiti Slovene
- гоубитель Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- гоубити Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian