how to pronounce дубина

/dʊˈbʲinə/

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дубина is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of дубина in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… завоевателем они подняли дубина народной …”

meanings of дубина

noun:

Club (weapon).
Fool.

дубина frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word дубина occurs in russian on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.