služba

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See also: służba and służbą

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech služba, from Proto-Slavic *služьba. Equivalent to sloužit +‎ -ba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: služ‧ba
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Noun

služba f

  1. service
    poskytovat služba ― to provide a service
  2. duty (period of time spent at work)
    být ve službě ― to be on duty
    večerní služba ― evening duty

Declension

Declension of služba (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative služba služby
genitive služby služeb
dative službě službám
accusative službu služby
vocative službo služby
locative službě službách
instrumental službou službami

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • služba in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • služba in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • služba in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba. Equivalent to služiti +‎ -ba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slǔʒba/
  • Hyphenation: slu‧žba

Noun

slùžba f (Cyrillic spelling слу̀жба)

  1. service
  2. employment, job
  3. office, work
  4. duty
  5. divine service, ministry

Declension

Declension of služba
singular plural
nominative slùžba službe
genitive službe slùžbī
dative službi službama
accusative službu službe
vocative službo službe
locative službi službama
instrumental službom službama

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Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

Pronunciation

Noun

služba f (genitive singular služby, nominative plural služby, genitive plural služieb, declension pattern of žena)

  1. service

Declension

Declension of služba
singular plural
nominative služba služby
genitive služby služieb
dative službe službám
accusative službu služby
locative službe službách
instrumental službou službami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “služba”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *služьba.

Pronunciation

Noun

slȗžba f

  1. service

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “služba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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