koliba

See also: kolibą

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Romanian colibă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolɪba]
• Hyphenation: ko‧li‧ba

Noun

koliba f (diminutive kolibička)

1. a hut, a shepherd's hut, a shieling, a shed

Declension

Declension of koliba (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	koliba	koliby
genitive	koliby	kolib
dative	kolibě	kolibám
accusative	kolibu	koliby
vocative	kolibo	koliby
locative	kolibě	kolibách
instrumental	kolibou	kolibami

Further reading

• “koliba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “koliba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “koliba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian colibă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈli.ba/
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ko‧li‧ba

Noun

koliba f

1. cabin, cottage, hut, shepherd's hut

   Synonym: koleba

Declension

Declension of koliba

	singular	plural
nominative	koliba	koliby
genitive	koliby	kolib
dative	kolibie	kolibom
accusative	kolibę	koliby
instrumental	kolibą	kolibami
locative	kolibie	kolibach
vocative	kolibo	koliby

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from κολυβός (kolubós), an alternative form of Ancient Greek καλύβη (kalúbē, “hut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒliba/
• Hyphenation: ko‧li‧ba

Noun

kòliba f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀либа)

1. hut, cottage, cabin

Declension

Declension of koliba

	singular	plural
nominative	kòliba	kolibe
genitive	kolibe	kȍlībā
dative	kolibi	kolibama
accusative	kolibu	kolibe
vocative	kolibo	kolibe
locative	kolibi	kolibama
instrumental	kolibom	kolibama

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Romanian colibă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔʎiba]
• Hyphenation: ko‧li‧ba

Noun

koliba f (diminutive kolibka or kolibôčka)

1. chalet

Declension

Declension of koliba
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	koliba	koliby
genitive	koliby	kolíb
dative	kolibe	kolibám
accusative	kolibu	koliby
locative	kolibe	kolibách
instrumental	kolibou	kolibami

Further reading

• “koliba”, 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