izba
See also: izbã, izbă, izbą, and iżba'
English
Alternative forms
- isba
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian изба́ (izbá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪzˈbɑː/
Noun
izba (plural izbas)
- a Russian log hut
- 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
- From the doctor's I flitted over to a travel agency, obtained maps and booklets, studied them, learned that on the mountainside above Cedarn there were two or three clusters of cabins, rushed my order to the Cedarn Post Office, and a few days later had rented for the month of August what looked in the snapshots they sent me like a cross between a mujik's izba and Refuge Z, but it had a tiled bathroom and cost dearer than my Appalachian castle.
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Translations
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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish izdba, istba, izba, from Proto-Slavic *jьstъba, from either Old High German stuba or Vulgar Latin extūfa, extūpa[1]. Doublet of sztuba (“room, school”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiz.ba/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -izba
- Syllabification: iz‧ba
Noun
izba f (diminutive izbeczka or izbina or izdebka)
- (literary) chamber, room
- Synonym: pokój
- (government) chamber, house, office (governmental body)
Declension
Declension of izba
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | izba | izby |
| genitive | izby | izb |
| dative | izbie | izbom |
| accusative | izbę | izby |
| instrumental | izbą | izbami |
| locative | izbie | izbach |
| vocative | izbo | izby |
Derived terms
adjective
- izbowy
nouns
- Izba Gmin
- Izba Lordów
- izba wytrzeźwień
- izbica
Related terms
adjective
- izdebny
nouns
- izdebeczka
- izdebina
References
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “изба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 15
Further reading
- izba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- izba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jьstъba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǐzba/
- Hyphenation: iz‧ba
Noun
ìzba f (Cyrillic spelling ѝзба) < *istba
- (archaic) room
- (archaic) hovel
Declension
Declension of izba
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ìzba | izbe |
| genitive | izbe | ìzbī |
| dative | izbi | izbama |
| accusative | izbu | izbe |
| vocative | izbo | izbe |
| locative | izbi | izbama |
| instrumental | izbom | izbama |
References
- “izba” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jьstъba. From either Old High German stuba or a Romance word (compare French étuve).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈizba/
Noun
izba f (genitive singular izby, nominative plural izby, genitive plural izieb, declension pattern of žena)
- chamber, room
Declension
Declension of izba
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | izba | izby |
| genitive | izby | izieb |
| dative | izbe | izbám |
| accusative | izbu | izby |
| locative | izbe | izbách |
| instrumental | izbou | izbami |
References
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “изба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 15
Further reading
- izba in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk