gajba
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Metathesis from Italian gabbia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gȃjba f (Cyrillic spelling га̑јба)
- (regional) crate, box (for bottles)
- (regional) cage
- (regional, slang, sports) score, point
- (slang) crib (one's residence; apartment, flat or room)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gȃjba | gajbe |
| genitive | gajbe | gȃjbā / gȃjbī |
| dative | gajbi | gajbama |
| accusative | gajbu | gajbe |
| vocative | gajbo | gajbe |
| locative | gajbi | gajbama |
| instrumental | gajbom | gajbama |
References
[edit]- “gajba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
- Sabljak, Tomislav (2013), “gajba”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga žargona [Dictionary of Croatian Jargon] (in Serbo-Croatian), 3rd edition, Zagreb: Profil, →ISBN, page 150