žaba
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Žaba
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žaba.
Pronunciation
Noun
žaba f animal (diminutive žabka)
Declension
Declension of žaba
Derived terms
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “žaba”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “žaba”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba. First attested in the 16th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
žȁba f (Cyrillic spelling жа̏ба, diminutive žȁbica, augmentative žabètina, relational adjective žȁbljī or žȁbin)
Declension
Declension of žaba
Related terms
Descendants
- → Albanian: zhabë
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “žȁba”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 613
Further reading
- “žaba” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.
Pronunciation
Noun
žaba f (related adjective žabí)
Declension
Declension of žaba
Derived terms
Further reading
- “žaba”, 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 *žaba.
Pronunciation
Noun
žába f
Inflection
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| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | žába | ||
| gen. sing. | žábe | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
žába | žábi | žábe |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
žábe | žáb | žáb |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
žábi | žábama | žábam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
žábo | žábi | žábe |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
žábi | žábah | žábah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
žábo | žábama | žábami |
Further reading
- “žaba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žàba.
Pronunciation
Noun
žaba f
Declension
Further reading
- “žaba” in Soblex