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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Metathesis from Italian gabbia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡâːjba/
- Hyphenation: gaj‧ba
Noun
gȃjba f (Cyrillic spelling га̑јба)
- (regional) crate, box (for bottles)
- (regional) cage
- (regional, slang, sports) score, point
- (slang) crib (one's residence; apartment, flat or room)
Declension
References
- “gajba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024