žaba

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

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒa.ba/
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: ža‧ba

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

žȁba f (Cyrillic spelling жа̏ба, diminutive žȁbica, augmentative žabètina, relational adjective žȁbljī or žȁbin)

1. frog

Declension

Declension of žaba

	singular	plural
nominative	žȁba	žȁbe
genitive	žȁbē	žȃbā
dative	žȁbi	žȁbama
accusative	žȁbu	žȁbe
vocative	žȁbo	žȁbe
locative	žȁbi	žȁbama
instrumental	žȁbōm	žȁbama

Related terms

nouns

• žábac
• žabar
• žȁbica

Descendants

• → Albanian: zhabë

Further reading

• “žaba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒaba]

• Audio:

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Noun

žaba f (relational adjective žabí or žabací, diminutive žabka or žabička or žabienka or žabôčka, augmentative žabisko)

1. frog

Declension

Declension of žaba
(pattern žena)

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

Derived terms

• žabacina

Further reading

• “žaba”, 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, 2003–2025

Slovene

Žaba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒàːba/

• Audio:

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Noun

žába f

1. frog

Declension

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.	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 (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žàba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒa.ba/
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: ža‧ba

Noun

žaba f

1. (zoology) frog

   Žaby žeru muchi.

   Frogs eat flies.

Declension

Declension of žaba (feminine hard stem)

	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 Soblex