Belarusian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʐaba]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aba

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жа́ба (žábaf animal (genitive жа́бы, nominative plural жа́бы, genitive plural жаб)

  1. frog
    Synonym: кваку́ха (kvakúxa)

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  • жаба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

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From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

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жа́ба (žábaf (masculine жабо́к)

  1. frog (usually a female one)
    • 2003, Оркестър Камчия (lyrics and music), “Комбайна-вършачка”, in 20 Години с Оркестър Камчия:
      На китарата Васко Жабата,
      Той ще свири, драги гости само за вас
      Na kitarata Vasko Žabata,
      Toj šte sviri, dragi gosti samo za vas
      Vasko the frog is on the guitar,
      He will play, dear guests, just for you
  2. toad (usually a female one)

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  • жаба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • жаба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Erzya

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Perhaps borrowed from Russian жаба (žaba).

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жаба (žaba)

  1. (dialectal) child
    Synonyms: эйкакш (ejkakš), эйде (ejďe)
  2. glutton

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “жаба”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Macedonian

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

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жаба (žabaf (plural жаби, masculine жабец or жабок or жабар, relational adjective жабји or жабин, diminutive жабичка or жапче or жапченце, augmentative жабиште)

  1. frog

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  • жаба in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Old Church Slavonic

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From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

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жаба (žabaf

  1. toad
  2. frog

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Old East Slavic

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From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʑɑbɑ//ˈʑaba//ˈʑaba/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɑbɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑaba/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑaba/
  • Hyphenation: жа́‧ба

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жаба (žabaf

  1. toad
  2. frog

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  • Old Ruthenian: жа́ба (žába)
    • Belarusian: жа́ба (žába)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: жа́ба (žába)
    • Ukrainian: жа́ба (žába)
  • Russian: жа́ба (žába)

Old Ruthenian

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жа́ба

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Inherited from Old East Slavic жа́ба (žába), from Proto-Slavic *žàba, from *žěba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gēˀbāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷh₂béh₂. Cognate with Russian жа́ба (žába), Old Czech žába.

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жаба (žabaf animal

  1. toad, frog

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  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жаба”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 895
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “жаба”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 112
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    Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “жаба”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 240

Russian

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

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жа́ба (žábaf anim or f inan (genitive жа́бы, nominative plural жа́бы, genitive plural жаб, relational adjective жа́бий, diminutive жа́бка or жа́бочка)

  1. toad
  2. (regional or archaic) frog
    Synonym: (regular term) лягу́шка (ljagúška)
  3. (pathology) tonsillitis, quinsy
    грудна́я жа́баgrudnája žábaangina pectoris
  4. (slang, computing) Java (programming language)
  5. (slang, computing) Adobe Photoshop
  6. (slang, computing) a photoshopped image, a shoop (see also фотожаба)

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Serbo-Croatian

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

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  • IPA(key): /ʒâba/
  • Hyphenation: жа‧ба

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жа̏ба f (Latin spelling žȁba, diminutive жа̏бица, augmentative жабѐтина, relational adjective жа̏бљӣ or жа̏бин)

  1. frog

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  • жаба” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ukrainian

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From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

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жа́ба (žábaf animal (genitive жа́би, nominative plural жа́би, genitive plural жаб, relational adjective жа́б'ячий or жаби́ний)

  1. frog

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жа́ба (žábaf inan (genitive жа́би, uncountable)

  1. quinsy, tonsillitis

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