See also: Zaba, žába, żaba, Żaba, żabą, and Żabą

Lower Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

žaba f animal (diminutive žabka)

  1. frog

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Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʒâba/
  • Hyphenation: ža‧ba

Noun edit

žȁba f (Cyrillic spelling жа̏ба, diminutive žȁbica, augmentative žabètina, relational adjective žȁbljī or žȁbin)

  1. frog

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Descendants edit

  • Albanian: zhabë

References edit

  • žaba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

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Noun edit

žaba f (genitive singular žaby, nominative plural žaby, genitive plural žiab, declension pattern of žena)

  1. frog

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Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

 
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Žaba

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʒàːba/
  • (file)

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žába f

  1. frog

Inflection edit

 
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. 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 edit

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

Upper Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Noun edit

žaba f

  1. frog

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • žaba in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik