куб

Via Turkish küp (“cube”) and^[1] Russian куб (kub, “cube”), both ultimately from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “cube”).

куб • (kʷub)

1. cube

• плӏэмыепкъ (plˢʼɛməjepq)

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

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

• Audio:

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куб • (kub) m

1. (geometry) cube

• ку́бче (kúbče, diminutive)
• куби́чен (kubíčen), куби́чески (kubíčeski, “cubic”)
• кубови́ден (kubovíden, “cubish”), ку́боподобен (kúbopodoben, “cube-like”)
• куби́к (kubík), кубоме́тър (kubométǎr, “cubic meter”)

• куби́зъм (kubízǎm, “cubism”)
• кубату́ра (kubatúra)
• куби́рам (kubíram)

• “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

• бук (buk)

Via Turkish küp (“cube”) and^[1] Russian Russian куб (kub, “cube”), both ultimately from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “cube”).

куб • (kʷub)

1. cube

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

куб • (kub)

1. (geometry) cube

• текше (tekşe)

• кубшылдық (kubşyldyq)

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

куб • (kub) m (relational adjective кубен)

1. cube

• IPA^(key): [kup]
• Rhymes: -up

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

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 ку́бе ― dva v kúbe ― 2³

3. (colloquial) cubic meter (cubic metre)

   пять кубо́в бето́на ― pjatʹ kubóv betóna ― five cubic meters of concrete

• кубату́ра (kubatúra)
• ку́бик (kúbik)

• → Bulgarian: куб (kub)
• → Kazakh: куб (kub)
• → Yakut: куб (kub)

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-.

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 куб ― peregónnyj kub ― distillation boiler

• кубово́й (kubovój)
• ку́бок (kúbok)
• кубы́шка (kubýška, “potbellied vessel with a neck”)
• ку́бовина (kúbovina, “convexity”)

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

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)

• бук (buk)

• IPA^(key): [kub]

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Derived via Western European languages from Latin cubus.^[1]

куб • (kub) m inan (genitive ку́ба, nominative plural ку́би, genitive plural ку́бів)

1. (geometry) cube (regular polyhedron having six identical square faces)
2. cube (any object more or less in the form of a cube)
3. (mathematics) cube (number raised to the third power)
4. (colloquial) synonym of кубоме́тр m (kubométr, “cubic metre”)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kubъ (“wooden vessel/dish”).^[1]

куб • (kub) m inan (genitive ку́ба, nominative plural ку́би, genitive plural ку́бів)

1. large still, tank, vat (for distillation or boiling of liquids)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “куб”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 661
• “куб”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1973), “куб”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (І – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 380
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “куб”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “куб”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “куб”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “куб”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]

• бук (buk)

Borrowed from Russian куб (kub).

куб • (kub)

1. (geometry) cube

• блок (blok, “block”)
• хоппо (qoppo, “box”)

• квадрат (kvadrat, “square”)