доба

From Proto-Slavic *doba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔbɐ]

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до́ба • (dóba) f

1. (usually uncountable, obsolescent) time

Always preceded by adjective (тъмна, късна etc.) or demonstrative pronoun.

• бода (boda)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *doba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔba]

доба • (doba) f (uncountable)

1. age
2. time

From Proto-Slavic *doba (“time”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian doba/доба and Bulgarian доба (doba).

доба • (doba) f

1. use, advantage

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “доба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• “доба”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *doba (“time”).

• IPA^(key): /dôːba/
• Hyphenation: до‧ба

до̑ба n (Latin spelling dȏba)

1. time
2. age, epoch, era

• “доба”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “доба”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Inherited from Old Ruthenian доба (doba, “time, period”), from Proto-Slavic *doba (“time”). Considering that sense 1 (day, nychthemeron) was absent in Old Ruthenian, it is likely a semantic loan from Polish doba.

• IPA^(key): [dɔˈba]

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доба́ • (dobá) f inan (genitive доби́, nominative plural до́би, genitive plural діб, relational adjective добови́й)

1. day, nychthemeron, day and night
2. (colloquial) time

   Synonyms: пора́ (porá), час (čas), годи́на (hodýna), вре́м'я (vrémʺja)

3. epoch, era, period, age

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “доба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “доба”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “доба”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “доба”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “доба”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “доба”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “доба”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)