zeba

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See also: zęba, żeba', and зеба

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps of Germanic origin; see German Zibbe (female goat).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɛ.ba/
  • Rhymes: -ɛba
  • Hyphenation: zè‧ba

Noun

zeba f (plural zebe)

  1. (obsolete) goat
    Synonym: capra

References

  1. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “zeba”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Further reading

  • zeba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Northern Qiang

Pronunciation

Noun

zeba

  1. ice

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zęba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zěːba/
  • Hyphenation: ze‧ba

Noun

zéba f (Cyrillic spelling зе́ба)

  1. chaffinch

Declension

Further reading

  • zeba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zęba.

Pronunciation

Noun

zẹ́ba f

  1. (dialectal) chaffinch
    Synonym: ščinkavec

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. zéba
gen. sing. zébe
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
zéba zébi zébe
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
zébe zéb zéb
dative
(dajȃlnik)
zébi zébama zébam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
zébo zébi zébe
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
zébi zébah zébah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
zébo zébama zébami

Further reading

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