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zgubny.

baleful, baneful, deleterious, malign, pernicious

6 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈzɡub.nɘ/
  1. baleful, baneful, deleterious, malign, pernicious

  2. calamitous, destructive, disastrous, pestilent, ruinous

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsder. Proto-Balto-Slavic *iź Proto-Slavic *jьz Proto-Slavic *jьz- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Balto-Slavic *san? Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm? Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) Old Polish z- Polish z- Proto-Indo-European *gʰubʰ- Proto-Indo-European *gʰewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European *gʰowbʰ-éye-tider. Proto-Slavic *gubìti Old Polish gubić Polish gubić Polish zgubićdeverb. Polish zguba Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Old Polish -ny Polish -ny Polish zgubny From zguba + -ny.

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