куб

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian куб (kub), from Latin cubus, and ultimately Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, die, cube).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kup]
  • (file)

Noun

куб • (kub) m

  1. (geometry) cube

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References

  • куб”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • куб”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كۋب
Cyrillic куб
Latin kub
Yañalif kuʙ

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian куб (kub), from German Kubus, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, die, cube).

Noun

куб • (kub)

  1. (geometry) cube

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kup]
  • Hyphenation: куб
  • Homophone: куп (kup)
  • Rhymes: -up

Noun

куб • (kub) m (relational adjective кубен)

  1. cube

Declension

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kup]
  • Rhymes: -up

Etymology 1

Borrowed in the early 18th century from German Kubus or directly from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, die, cube).

Noun

куб • (kub) m inan (genitive ку́ба, nominative plural кубы́ or ку́бы, genitive plural кубо́в or ку́бов, relational adjective куби́ческий)

  1. (geometry) cube (shape with six square sides)
  2. (mathematics) cube (number raised to the third power)
    два в ку́беdva v kúbe23
  3. (colloquial) cubic meter (cubic metre)
    пять кубо́в бето́наpjatʹ kubóv betónafive cubic meters of concrete
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Descendants
  • Bulgarian: куб (kub)
  • Kazakh: куб (kub)
  • Yakut: куб (kub)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic кубъ (kubŭ, drinking vessel), first attested in the 14th century., further origin uncertain.

Cognate with Ukrainian куб (kub, wooden dish), Polish kubek (bowl, cup), Lower Sorbian kub (bowl, cup), also kubk.

Per Vasmer, likely related to Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, pot), Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀 (xumba, pot), Ancient Greek κύμβος (kúmbos, vessel), κύβη (kúbē, cup), also κύμβη (kúmbē).

However Trubachev notes that there are no signs of a nasal vowel and reconstructs Proto-Slavic *kubъ, thus rejecting a possible link to Proto-Indo-European *kumbʰo-, *kumbʰéh₂- (vessel) and proposing a connection to *koubʰ-.

Noun

куб • (kub) m inan (genitive ку́ба, nominative plural кубы́ or ку́бы, genitive plural кубо́в or ку́бов, relational adjective ку́бовый)

  1. boiler, still, large tank
    перего́нный кубperegónnyj kubdistillation boiler
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Etymology 3

Clipping of ку́бовый краси́тель (kúbovyj krasítelʹ, vat dye), from ку́бовый (kúbovyj, related to dye vatting), from куб (kub, large tank, vat), see above.

Noun

куб • (kub) m inan (genitive ку́ба, nominative plural ку́бы, genitive plural ку́бов, relational adjective ку́бовый)

  1. (obsolete) vat dye, specifically alkaline solution of indigo prepared for dyeing
  2. indigo (plant)
Declension

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian куб (kub).

Noun

куб • (kub)

  1. (geometry) cube

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