жаба

• žaba — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʐaba]

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• Rhymes: -aba

жа́ба • (žába) f animal (genitive жа́бы, nominative plural жа́бы, genitive plural жаб)

1. frog

   Synonym: кваку́ха (kvakúxa)

• рапу́ха (rapúxa)

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

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒa̟bɐ]

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жа́ба • (žába) f (masculine жабо́к)

1. frog (usually a female one)
   • 2003, Оркестър Камчия, “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

   • (Can we date this quote?), Асен Разцветников, Баба жаба:

     Баба жаба не обича хляба,
     тя е яла за седмица цяла
     пъстърмица от една мушица,
     половинка от една калинка,
     две крачета от малки щурчета.
     Затова е слаба баба жаба
     и не квака вече в ракитака.

     Baba žaba ne običa hljaba,
     tja e jala za sedmica cjala
     pǎstǎrmica ot edna mušica,
     polovinka ot edna kalinka,
     dve kračeta ot malki šturčeta.
     Zatova e slaba baba žaba
     i ne kvaka veče v rakitaka.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. toad (usually a female one)

• кра́става жа́ба f (krástava žába)

• жабо́к m (žabók)

• по́пова лъжи́чка f (pópova lǎžíčka)

• “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

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

жаба • (žaba)

1. frog

Perhaps borrowed from Russian жаба (žaba).

жаба • (žaba)

1. (dialectal) child

   Synonyms: эйкакш (ejkakš), эйде (ejde)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒaba]

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

1. frog

• полноглавец (polnoglavec)

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

• Glagolitic: ⰶⰰⰱⰰ (žaba)

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

жаба • (žaba) f

1. toad
2. frog

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

• Hyphenation: жа́‧ба

жаба (žaba) f

1. toad
2. frog

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

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.

жаба • (žaba) f animal

1. toad, frog

• Жа́ба (Žába) (Old Ukrainian surname)

• Belarusian: жа́ба (žába)
• Carpathian Rusyn: жа́ба (žába)
• Ukrainian: жа́ба (žába)

• 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
• The template Template:R:zle-mbe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s):

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.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

Inherited from Old Slovak žaba, from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒaba]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Hyphenation: жа‧ба

жаба (žaba) f (diminutive жабка or жабочка, augmentative жабиска, related adjective жабов)

1. frog

• RSS, page 360: “жаба”
• ARS, page 122: “frog”

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʐabə]

• Audio:

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жа́ба • (žába) f 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 жа́ба ― grudnája žába ― angina pectoris

4. (slang, computing) Java (programming language)
5. (slang, computing) Adobe Photoshop
6. (slang, computing) a photoshopped image, a shoop (see also фотожаба)

• еба́ла жа́ба гадю́ку (jebála žába gadjúku)
• жабёнок (žabjónok)
• жабое́д (žabojéd)

• жа́ба ду́шит (žába dúšit)
• жа́бить (žábitʹ), отжа́бить (otžábitʹ)

• → Eastern Mari: жава (žava)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “жаба”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

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

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

1. frog

• жа́бац

• → Albanian: zhabë

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

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒabɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

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

1. frog

• ропу́ха (ropúxa)

• їба́ла жа́ба гадю́ку (jibála žába hadjúku, “literally "the frog fucked the viper", two enemies fighting each other”)
• Жа́ба (Žába, “a surname”)
• жабагадю́кін (žabahadjúkin, “one of two disliked people who fight each other”)
• жабогадю́кінг (žabohadjúkinh, “a specific conflict between two disliked people”)

жа́ба • (žába) f inan (genitive жа́би, uncountable)

1. quinsy, tonsillitis

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жаба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “жаба”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “жаба”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)