žbuka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Uncertain. First attested in the 19th century. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒbûka/
  • Hyphenation: žbu‧ka

Noun

žbȕka f (Cyrillic spelling жбу̏ка)

  1. (uncountable) plaster (mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water)

Declension

Declension of žbuka
singular
nominative žbȕka
genitive žbuke
dative žbȕci
accusative žbuku
vocative žbuko
locative žbȕci
instrumental žbukom

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “žbȕka”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 615

Further reading

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