izba

Alternative forms

• isba

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian изба́ (izbá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪzˈbɑː/

Noun

izba (plural izbas)

1. 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.

Etymology

From Old Polish izdba, istba, izba (“room, hut”), from Proto-Slavic *jьstъba. Cognates include Slovak izba (“room”), Russian изба́ (izbá, “peasant house”), Bulgarian изба (izba, “cellar”), Serbo-Croatian изба (“closet”). From either Old High German stuba) or a Romance word (compare French étuve)^[1].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiz.ba/

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Noun

izba f (diminutive izbina or izdebka)

1. (dated) chamber, room
2. chamber, house, office (governmental body)

References

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьstъba, from Old High German stuba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐzba/
• Hyphenation: iz‧ba

Noun

ìzba f (Cyrillic spelling ѝзба)

1. room

References

• “izba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьstъba. Cognates include Russian изба́ (izbá, “peasant house”), Bulgarian изба (izba, “cellar”), Serbo-Croatian изба (“closet”). 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)

1. chamber, room

References

Further reading

• izba in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk