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горе

/[ˈɡorʲe] | [ɡɐˈrʲe] | [ɡɐˈrʲe] | [ˈɡorʲe] | [ɡɐˈrʲe]/
Russiannounadv

Grammatical form

горе is the dative/prepositional singular form of гора́ — “mountain.

See the full entry for гора́

Definitions

  1. 1.
    grief, distress, sadness
  2. 2.
    trouble
  3. 3.
    misfortune, disaster
  4. 4.
    placed before a word to express one's view that something or someone is not worthy of being called as such; so-called, poor excuse for
    • го́ре-кри́тик

      góre-krítikcriticaster

  5. 5.
    literaryobsoleteup
    • возвести́ о́чи горе́

      vozvestí óči goréto look up

    • возде́ть ру́ки горе́

      vozdétʹ rúki goréto raise one's hands

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • го́ре-
  • горева́ть
  • горемы́ка
Synonyms
Antonyms
  • до́лу
Related words (5)
  • го́рестный
  • го́ресть
  • го́речь
  • го́рький
  • го́рько

Etymology

Related to горе́ть (gorétʹ, “to burn, to be consumed by fire”). Cognates include Ukrainian го́ре (hóre), Belarusian го́ра (hóra). Inherited from Proto-Slavic *goře. For similar meaning change compare печа́ль (pečálʹ, “sadness, grief, sorrow”) related to печь (pečʹ, “to bake”).

Forms

  • го́реcanonical • inanimate • neuter
  • góreromanization
  • го́ряgenitive
  • го́рюшкоdiminutive
  • горе́canonical • feminine • inanimate
  • goréromanization
Nominative
Singular
го́ре
Plural
го́ря
Genitive
Singular
го́ря
Plural
горь, го́рь
Dative
Singular
го́рю
Plural
го́рям, го́рямъ (archaic)
Accusative
Singular
го́ре
Plural
го́ря
Instrumental
Singular
го́рем, го́ремъ (archaic)
Plural
го́рями
Prepositional
Singular
го́ре, го́рѣ
Plural
го́рях, го́ряхъ (archaic)

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