žaba

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

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʒaba/

Noun

žaba f (diminutive žabka)

  1. frog

Declension
Declension of žaba
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative žaba žabje žaby
Genitive žaby žabowu žabow
Dative žabje žaboma žabam
Accusative žabu žabje žaby
Instrumental žabu žaboma žabami
Locative žabje žaboma žabach

Derived terms
  • žabcycka
  • žabina
  • žabinka
  • žabiny
  • žabjecy
  • žabjeńcowaty
  • žabkowaś
  • žabnišćo
  • žabywózenje

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

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

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

Noun

žȁba f (Cyrillic spelling жа̏ба)

  1. frog

Declension
Declension of žaba
singular plural
nominative žȁba žabe
genitive žabe žȃbā
dative žabi žabama
accusative žabu žabe
vocative žabo žabe
locative žabi žabama
instrumental žabom žabama

Descendants
  • → Albanian: zhabë

References
  • “žaba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʒaba]

Noun

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

  1. frog

Declension
Declension of žaba
singular plural
nominative žaba žaby
genitive žaby žiab
dative žabe žabám
accusative žabu žaby
locative žabe žabách
instrumental žabou žabami

Derived terms

Further reading
  • žaba in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene
Žaba

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒàːba/

Noun

žába f

  1. frog

Inflection
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

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Noun

žaba f

  1. frog

Declension
Declension of žaba
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative žaba žabje žaby
Genitive žaby žabow žabow
Dative žabje žabomaj žabam
Accusative žabu žabje žaby
Instrumental žabu žabomaj žabami
Locative žabje žabomaj žabach
Vocative žaba žabje žaby

Further reading
  • žaba in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik
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