koliba

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Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian colibă.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔˈli.ba/
  • Rhymes: -iba
  • Syllabification: ko‧li‧ba

Noun

koliba f

  1. cabin, cottage, hut, shepherd's hut
    Synonym: koleba

Declension

Further reading

  • koliba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • koliba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from κολυβός (kolubós), an alternative form of Ancient Greek καλύβη (kalúbē, hut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒliba/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧li‧ba

Noun

kòliba f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀либа)

  1. hut, cottage, cabin

Declension

Further reading

  • koliba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Romanian colibă.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.li.ba/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧li‧ba

Noun

koliba f (genitive singular koliby, nominative plural koliby, genitive plural kolíb, declension pattern of žena)

  1. chalet

Declension

Further reading

  • koliba”, 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