изба
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьstъba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈizba]
- Hyphenation: из‧ба
Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms
- ызба́ (yzbá), изтба́ (iztbá)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic изъба́ (izŭbá), истъба́ (istŭbá), from Proto-Slavic *jьstъbà. Cognate with Russian изба́ (izbá), Old Novgorodian ӥꙁба (izba), Old Polish istba.
Descendants
- Belarusian: ізба́ (izbá)
- Ukrainian: ізба́ (izbá) (obsolete)
Further reading
- Voitiv, H. V., editor (2006), “изба, изтба, изъба, ызба”, 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 13 (и – іюнь), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 33
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1996), “изба”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 14 (игде – катуючий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 28
- Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “изба”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 346
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic изъба, истъба (izŭba, istŭba), from Proto-Slavic *jьstъba, which may be related to Proto-Germanic *stubō (“room, sitting room, oven”) or to French étuve (“heated room, bathroom”), itself from Latin *extupāre.
The phonetic transition /стъб/→/зб/ is associated with the simplification of the combination /стъб/→/сб/ after the fall of the reduced vowels and voicing /сб/→/зб/, compare transition /сд/→/зд/ in здоро́вый (zdoróvyj) from съдоро́въ (sŭdoróvŭ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪzˈba]
Audio (file)
Noun
изба́ • (izbá) f inan (genitive избы́, nominative plural и́збы, genitive plural изб, diminutive избу́шка)
- izba, (peasant's) log hut, cottage
- выноси́ть сор из избы́ ― vynosítʹ sor iz izbý ― to wash one’s dirty linen in public
- Некра́совская же́нщина коня́ на скаку́ остано́вит, в горя́щую и́збу войдёт.
- Nekrásovskaja žénščina konjá na skakú ostanóvit, v gorjáščuju ízbu vojdjót.
- The Nekrasov woman will stop a galloping horse, enter a burning hut. (stereotype of an idealistically heroic Russian woman embodied by Russian writer Nikolay Nekrasov)
Declension
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:изба.
Related terms
- изба́-чита́льня (izbá-čitálʹnja)
- избушка на курьих ножках (izbuška na kurʹix nožkax)
- курная изба (kurnaja izba)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьstъba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǐzba/
- Hyphenation: из‧ба
Declension
References
- “изба” in Hrvatski jezični portal