Gaba

See also: gaba, GABA, gába, and gãba

Latin

Alternative forms

• Gabē

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ba/, [ˈɡäbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ba/, [ˈɡäːbä]

Proper noun

Gaba f sg (genitive Gabae); first declension

1. A town in Syria, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gaba
Genitive	Gabae
Dative	Gabae
Accusative	Gabam
Ablative	Gabā
Vocative	Gaba
Locative	Gabae

Derived terms

• Gabēnī

References

• Gaba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaba/

Proper noun

Gaba f (genitive singular Gaby, nominative plural Gaby, declension pattern of žena)

1. a diminutive of the female given name Gabriela

Declension

Declension of Gaba

	singular	plural
nominative	Gaba	Gaby
genitive	Gaby	Gáb
dative	Gabe	Gabám
accusative	Gabu	Gaby
locative	Gabe	Gabách
instrumental	Gabou	Gabami

Further reading

• “Gabriela”, 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