гіпс

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gips, from Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦʲips]

Noun

гіпс • (hips) m inan (genitive гі́псу, nominative plural гі́пси, genitive plural гі́псів, relational adjective гі́псовий)

  1. gypsum
  2. (medicine) plaster cast, plaster

Declension

Derived terms

  • гіпсобето́н m (hipsobetón)
  • гіпсокарто́н m (hipsokartón)
  • гіпсолі́т m (hipsolít)
  • гіпсува́ти impf (hipsuváty)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “гіпс”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 515

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