jujuba

jujuba

See also: jujubă

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French jujube, from Latin zīzyphum, zīzyphus, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon)․

Noun

jujuba f (genitive jujubae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) jujube (tree or fruit)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jujuba	jujubae
Genitive	jujubae	jujubārum
Dative	jujubae	jujubīs
Accusative	jujubam	jujubās
Ablative	jujubā	jujubīs
Vocative	jujuba	jujubae

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “jujuba”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, OCLC 1369101
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “zīziphum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 14: U–Z, page 665

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin jujuba, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juˈju.ba/

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• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: ju‧ju‧ba

Noun

jujuba f

1. jujube (Ziziphus jujuba tree)

   Synonyms: głożyna, szydlica

2. jujube (Ziziphus jujuba fruit)

   Synonyms: głożyna, szydlica

Declension

Declension of jujuba

	singular	plural
nominative	jujuba	jujuby
genitive	jujuby	jujub
dative	jujubie	jujubom
accusative	jujubę	jujuby
instrumental	jujubą	jujubami
locative	jujubie	jujubach
vocative	jujubo	jujuby

Further reading

• jujuba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jujuba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

jujuba f (plural jujubas)

1. jujube (fruit)
2. jujube (tree)

   Synonym: jujubeira

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Romanian

Noun

jujuba

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of jujubă