жбан

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьbanъ. Cognate with Czech džbán, Polish dzban and Slovak džbán.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʐban]
Audio: (file)

Noun

жбан • (žban) m inan (genitive жба́на, nominative plural жба́ны, genitive plural жба́нов)

(a large) can; pitcher

Declension

Declension of жбан (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	жба́н žbán	жба́ны žbány
genitive	жба́на žbána	жба́нов žbánov
dative	жба́ну žbánu	жба́нам žbánam
accusative	жба́н žbán	жба́ны žbány
instrumental	жба́ном žbánom	жба́нами žbánami
prepositional	жба́не žbáne	жба́нах žbánax

Descendants

→ Yakut: жбан (zhban)

Further reading

Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “жбан”, 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.

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian жбан (žban).

Noun

жбан • (zhban)

(a large) can, pitcher

Synonyms

бидон (bidon, “can”)