služba

See also: służba and służbą

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech služba, from Proto-Slavic *služьba. Equivalent to sloužit +‎ -ba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsluʒba]
  • Hyphenation: služ‧ba
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

služba f

  1. service
    poskytovat službato provide a service
  2. duty (period of time spent at work)
    být ve služběto be on duty
    večerní službaevening duty

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba. Equivalent to služiti +‎ -ba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slǔʒba/
  • Hyphenation: slu‧žba

Noun

slùžba f (Cyrillic spelling слу̀жба)

  1. service
  2. employment, job
  3. office, work
  4. duty
  5. divine service, ministry

Declension

Declension of služba
singular plural
nominative slùžba službe
genitive službe slùžbī
dative službi službama
accusative službu službe
vocative službo službe
locative službi službama
instrumental službom službama

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsluʒba]

Noun

služba f

  1. service

Declension

Declension of služba
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeslužbaslužby
genitiveslužbyslužieb
dativeslužbeslužbám
accusativeslužbuslužby
locativeslužbeslužbách
instrumentalslužbouslužbami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • služba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služьba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slúːʒba/

Noun

slȗžba f

  1. service

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • služba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • služba”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references