жаба

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aba

Noun

жа́ба (žábaf animal (genitive жа́бы, nominative plural жа́бы, genitive plural жаб)

  1. frog
    Synonym: кваку́ха (kvakúxa)

Declension

Coordinate terms

References

  • жаба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation

Noun

жа́ба (žábaf (masculine жабо́к)

  1. frog (usually a female one)
    • 2003, Оркестър Камчия, “Комбайна-вършачка”, in 20 Години с Оркестър Камчия:
      На китарата Васко Жабата,
      Той ще свири, драги гости само за вас
      Na kitarata Vasko Žabata,
      Toj šte sviri, dragi gosti samo za vas
      Vasko the Frog is on the guitar,
      He will play, dear guests, just for you
    • (Can we date this quote?), Асен Разцветников, Баба жаба:
      Баба жаба не обича хляба,
      тя е яла за седмица цяла
      пъстърмица от една мушица,
      половинка от една калинка,
      две крачета от малки щурчета.
      Затова е слаба баба жаба
      и не квака вече в ракитака.
      Baba žaba ne običa hljaba,
      tja e jala za sedmica cjala
      pǎstǎrmica ot edna mušica,
      polovinka ot edna kalinka,
      dve kračeta ot malki šturčeta.
      Zatova e slaba baba žaba
      i ne kvaka veče v rakitaka.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. toad (usually a female one)

Declension

Declension of жа́ба
singular plural
indefinite жа́ба
žába
жа́би
žábi
definite жа́бата
žábata
жа́бите
žábite
vocative form жа́бо
žábo
жа́би
žábi

Derived terms

See also

References

  • жаба”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • жаба”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Noun

жаба (žaba)

  1. frog

Erzya

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Russian жаба (žaba).

Pronunciation

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Noun

жаба (žaba)

  1. (dialectal) child
    Synonyms: эйкакш (ejkakš), эйде (ejde)
  2. glutton

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “жаба”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс , Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation

Noun

жаба (žabaf (plural жаби, masculine жабец or жабок or жабар, relational adjective жабји or жабин, diminutive жабичка or жапче or жапченце, augmentative жабиште)

  1. frog

Declension

Declension of жаба
singular plural
indefinite жаба (žaba) жаби (žabi)
definite unspecified жабата (žabata) жабите (žabite)
definite proximal жабава (žabava) жабиве (žabive)
definite distal жабана (žabana) жабине (žabine)
vocative жабо (žabo) жаби (žabi)

See also

References

  • жаба in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Noun

жаба (žabaf

  1. toad
  2. frog

Declension

Declension of жаба (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative жаба
žaba
жабѣ
žabě
жабꙑ
žaby
genitive жабꙑ
žaby
жабоу
žabu
жабъ
žabŭ
dative жабѣ
žabě
жабама
žabama
жабамъ
žabamŭ
accusative жабѫ
žabǫ
жабѣ
žabě
жабꙑ
žaby
instrumental жабоѭ
žabojǫ
жабама
žabama
жабами
žabami
locative жабѣ
žabě
жабоу
žabu
жабахъ
žabaxŭ
vocative жабо
žabo
жабѣ
žabě
жабꙑ
žaby

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʑɑbɑ//ˈʑaba//ˈʑaba/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɑbɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑaba/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑaba/

  • Hyphenation: жа́‧ба

Noun

жаба (žabaf

  1. toad
  2. frog

Declension

Declension of жаба (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative жаба
žaba
жабѣ
žabě
жабꙑ
žaby
genitive жабꙑ
žaby
жабу
žabu
жабъ
žabŭ
dative жабѣ
žabě
жабама
žabama
жабамъ
žabamŭ
accusative жабѫ
žabǫ
жабѣ
žabě
жабꙑ
žaby
instrumental жабоѭ
žabojǫ
жабама
žabama
жабами
žabami
locative жабѣ
žabě
жабу
žabu
жабахъ
žabaxŭ
vocative жабо
žabo
жабѣ
žabě
жабꙑ
žaby

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: жа́ба (žába)
    • Belarusian: жа́ба (žába)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: жа́ба (žába)
    • Ukrainian: жа́ба (žába)
  • Russian: жа́ба (žába)

Old Ruthenian

жа́ба

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic жа́ба (žába), from Proto-Slavic *žàba, from *žěba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gēˀbāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷh₂béh₂. Cognate with Russian жа́ба (žába), Old Czech žába.

Noun

жаба (žabaf animal

  1. toad, frog

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жаба”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 895
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “жаба”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 112
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    Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “жаба”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 240

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak žaba, from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation

Noun

жаба (žabaf (diminutive жабка or жабочка, augmentative жабиска, related adjective жабов)

  1. frog

Declension

Declension of жаба
singular plural
nominative жаба (žaba) жаби (žabi)
genitive жаби (žabi) жабох (žabox)
dative жаби (žabi) жабом (žabom)
accusative жабу (žabu) жаби (žabi)
instrumental жабу (žabu) жабами (žabami)
locative жаби (žabi) жабох (žabox)
vocative жабо (žabo) жаби (žabi)
nouns

References

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation

Noun

жа́ба (žábaf anim or f inan (genitive жа́бы, nominative plural жа́бы, genitive plural жаб, relational adjective жа́бий, diminutive жа́бка or жа́бочка)

  1. toad
  2. (regional or archaic) frog
    Synonym: (regular term) лягу́шка (ljagúška)
  3. (pathology) tonsillitis, quinsy
    грудна́я жа́баgrudnája žábaangina pectoris
  4. (slang, computing) Java (programming language)
  5. (slang, computing) Adobe Photoshop
  6. (slang, computing) a photoshopped image, a shoop (see also фотожаба)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒâba/
  • Hyphenation: жа‧ба

Noun

жа̏ба f (Latin spelling žȁba, diminutive жа̏бица, augmentative жабѐтина, relational adjective жа̏бљӣ or жа̏бин)

  1. frog

Declension

Declension of жаба
singular plural
nominative жа̏ба жабе
genitive жабе жа̑ба̄
dative жаби жабама
accusative жабу жабе
vocative жабо жабе
locative жаби жабама
instrumental жабом жабама

Descendants

References

  • жаба”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation

Noun

жа́ба (žábaf animal (genitive жа́би, nominative plural жа́би, genitive plural жаб, relational adjective жа́б'ячий or жаби́ний)

  1. frog

Declension

Declension of жа́ба
(animal hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative жа́ба
žába
жа́би
žáby
genitive жа́би
žáby
жаб
žab
dative жа́бі
žábi
жа́бам
žábam
accusative жа́бу
žábu
жа́би, жаб
žáby, žab
instrumental жа́бою
žáboju
жа́бами
žábamy
locative жа́бі
žábi
жа́бах
žábax
vocative жа́бо
žábo
жа́би
žáby

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Noun

жа́ба (žábaf inan (genitive жа́би, uncountable)

  1. quinsy, tonsillitis

Declension

Declension of жа́ба
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
singular
nominative жа́ба
žába
genitive жа́би
žáby
dative жа́бі
žábi
accusative жа́бу
žábu
instrumental жа́бою
žáboju
locative жа́бі
žábi
vocative жа́бо
žábo

Further reading