zeba

See also: zęba, żeba', and зеба

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps of Germanic origin; see German Zibbe (“female goat”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zeba f (plural zebe)

1. (obsolete) goat

   Synonym: capra

Further reading

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

Northern Qiang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡səpɑ/

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

Declension of zeba

	singular	plural
nominative	zeba	zebe
genitive	zebe	zeba
dative	zebi	zebama
accusative	zebu	zebe
vocative	zebo	zebe
locative	zebi	zebama
instrumental	zebom	zebama

Further reading

• “zeba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zęba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zèːba/

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