English

Alternative forms

• isba

Noun

izba ‎(plural izbas)

1. a Russian log hut
   • 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:

     From the doctor's I flitted over to a travel agency, obtained maps and booklets, studied them, learned that on the mountainside above Cedarn there were two or three clusters of cabins, rushed my order to the Cedarn Post Office, and a few days later had rented for the month of August what looked in the snapshots they sent me like a cross between a mujik's izba and Refuge Z, but it had a tiled bathroom and cost dearer than my Appalachian castle.

Polish

Etymology

From Old Polish izdba, istba, izba ‎(“room, hut”), from Proto-Slavic *jьstъba. Cognates include Slovak izba ‎(“room”), Russian изба́ ‎(izbá, “peasant house”), Bulgarian изба ‎(izba, “cellar”), Serbo-Croatian изба ‎(“closet”). Either of Old High German (from stuba) or Romance origin (compare French étuve)^[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

izba f

1. (dated) chamber, room
2. chamber, house, office (governmental body)

Declension

References

1. ↑ Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1979), “изба”, in Bǎlgarski etimologičen rečnik [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, pages 15-16

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьstъba, from Old High German stuba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐzba/
• Hyphenation: iz‧ba

Noun

ìzba f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ѝзба)

1. room

Declension

References

• “izba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈizba/

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьstъba. Cognates include Russian изба́ ‎(izbá, “peasant house”), Bulgarian изба ‎(izba, “cellar”), Serbo-Croatian изба ‎(“closet”). Either of Old High German (from stuba) or Romance origin (compare French étuve) ^[1]

Noun

izba f ‎(genitive singular izby, nominative plural izby, declension pattern of žena)

1. chamber, room

Declension

References

1. ↑ Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1979), “изба”, in Bǎlgarski etimologičen rečnik [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, pages 15-16