zub

Inherited from Old Czech zub, from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

• IPA^(key): [ˈzup]

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• Rhymes: -zup, -up

zub m inan

1. tooth (structure present in the mouth of many animals)

   mít toho plné zuby! ― to be fed up (one's teeth are full)

   Darovanému koni na zuby nehleď. ― Don't look at the teeth of a donated horse / don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

2. tooth (a projection on the edge of an instrument)
3. tooth (projection resembling a tooth)
4. nib, bite

   něco na zub ― something to nibble on; some snacks

   Bylo nám jasné, že dostaneme něco dobrého na zub. ― It was clear that we were going to get something good to eat.

• “zub”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zub”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “zub”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

From Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

• IPA^(key): /zup/

zub m inan (diminutive zubk)

1. tooth

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈzub/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈzup/

zub m inan

1. tooth

   vtieti zuby v něčso ― to sink one's teeth into something

   lomiti zuby ― to grind one's teeth

   • ~1420, Knihy, jenž slovú Zrcadlo člověčieho spasenie‎^[1]:

     Uši jeho nikdy by neohlechle a zubi jeho nikdy by laskomin netrpěli.

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• Czech: zub

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “zub”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

• IPA^(key): /zûːb/

zȗb m (Cyrillic spelling зу̑б)

1. tooth

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ.

• IPA^(key): [zup]

zub m inan (genitive singular zuba, nominative plural zuby, genitive plural zubov, declension pattern of dub)

1. tooth

• “zub”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024