уста

• IPA^(key): [oˈsta]

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• Rhymes: -ta
• Syllabification^(key): у‧ста
• Hyphenation^(key): ус‧та

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *usta n pl.

уста́ • (ustá) f pl

1. (collective) lips, labia (rim of the mouth)

   целувам някого по устата ― celuvam njakogo po ustata ― to kiss s.o. on the lips

   • 1873, Hristo Botev, “Хаджи Димитър”, in Нова песнопойка:

     [...] очи темнеят, глава се люшка,
     уста проклинат цяла вселена.

     [...] oči temnejat, glava se ljuška,
     usta proklinat cjala vselena.

     [...] eyes darken, head wabbles,
     lips cuss the whole universe.

уста́ • (ustá) f (relational adjective у́стен, diminutive усти́ца or усти́чка)

1. mouth (the front opening of a creature through which food is ingested)

   със зяпнала уста ― sǎs zjapnala usta ― with a gaping mouth

   казвам с половин уста ― kazvam s polovin usta ― to say reluctantly (literally, “to tell with a half mouth”)

   от уста на уста ― ot usta na usta ― orally (literally, “from mouth to mouth”)

2. oral cavity

   Synonyms: зев (zev), паст (past)

3. (figurative) aperture, opening (of containers, machines, geographical structures)

   уста на делва ― usta na delva ― an aperture of a jar

• “уста”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “уста (1)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1904), “уста”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 456
• “оуста”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوسته (usta), itself from Classical Persian استاد (ūstā).

уста́ • (ustá) m (historical)

1. ustad (skillful worker, master)

   Coordinate terms: ка́лфа (kálfa), чира́к (čirák)

• уста́башия (ustábašija, “chief ustad”)

• Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1904), “*уста́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 457
• “уста (2)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003), “уста”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 203

From Proto-Slavic *usta.

• IPA^(key): [usˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ус‧та

уста́ • (ustá) n pl

1. mouth

• Kercha, Ihor (2012), Словник русько-русинськый: у 2 т. [Russian-Rusyn Dictionary: in 2 vols] (overall work in Russian and Carpathian Rusyn), Uzhhorod: PoliPrint

• IPA^(key): [ˈusta]

• Audio:

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *usta.

уста • (usta) f (plural усти, relational adjective устен, diminutive усте or устичка)

1. mouth

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوسته (usta), from Classical Persian استاد (ustād).

уста • (usta) m

1. (archaic, poetic) master, mason

From Proto-Slavic *usta. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic оуста (usta) and Old Polish usta.

• Hyphenation: у‧ста

уста (usta) n (plural only)

1. mouth
   • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎^[1], page 2:

     не рече оустꙑ тъчью иꙁгл҃аахъ·

     ne reče usty tŭčĭju izgl:aaxŭ·

     He didn't say: I just pronounced [them] with [my] mouth;

• Old Ruthenian: уста (usta)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: уста́ (ustá)
  • Ukrainian: вуста́ (vustá), уста́ (ustá)
• Russian: уста́ (ustá) (archaic, poetic)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “ꙋста”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1273

Inherited from Old Slovak usta, from Proto-Slavic *usta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈusta]
• Rhymes: -usta
• Hyphenation: уста

уста (usta) n pl (relational adjective усни)

1. (anatomy) mouth
2. jaw

   Synonym: писки (piski)

   Near-synonym: видлїца (vidljica)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “уста”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “mouth”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 184

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *usta, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”). Cognates include Sanskrit आस् (ās, “mouth”) and Latin ōs (“mouth”). Compare Polish usta.

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈsta]

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уста́ • (ustá) n inan pl (genitive уст, plural only)

1. (archaic or poetic) mouth, lips

   Synonyms: (mouth) рот (rot), (lips) гу́бы (gúby)

   • 1873, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава тринадцатая”, in Очарованный странник, Санкт-Петербург: Русский мир; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Enchanted Wanderer, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:

     Кому́ она́ пода́ст стака́н, тот сейча́с вино́ вы́пьет и на подно́с, ско́лько чу́вствует усе́рдия, де́нег ме́чет, зо́лото и́ли ассигна́ции; а она́ его́ тогда́ в уста́ поцелу́ет и покло́нится.

     Komú oná podást stakán, tot sejčás vinó výpʹjet i na podnós, skólʹko čúvstvujet usérdija, déneg méčet, zóloto íli assignácii; a oná jevó togdá v ustá pocelújet i poklónitsja.

     Whoever she offered a glass to drank the wine at once and flung money on the tray, gold or banknotes, as much as his zeal prompted him to; and she would then kiss him on the lips and bow to him.

• у́стный (ústnyj)
• у́стье (ústʹje)
• наизу́сть (naizústʹ)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *usta.

• IPA^(key): /ǔːsta/
• Hyphenation: у‧ста

у́ста n pl (Latin spelling ústa)

1. mouth

• “уста”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

From Turkic, ultimately from Persian استاد. Compare Azerbaijani usta.

уста • (usta)

1. master

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈsta]

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уста́ • (ustá) n inan pl (genitive уст, plural only)

1. alternative form of вуста́ (vustá)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “уста”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “уста”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[3]

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уста • (usta)

1. (geometry, general) length (spatial)

   сыһыы устата ― sïhïï ustata ― the length of the field

   суол устата ― suol ustata ― the length of the road

2. length (temporal), duration

   сыл устата ― sïl ustata ― the length of the year

• устата (ustata, “during, throughout”)