касаба

Serbo-Croatian
FWOTD – 29 June 2023

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قصبه‎ (kasaba), from Arabic قَصَبَة‎ (qaṣaba).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kasǎba/
  • Hyphenation: ка‧са‧ба

Noun

каса̀ба f (Latin spelling kasàba)

  1. (regional) town
    • 1942-1945, Ivo Andrić, chapter 1, in Na Drini Ćuprija:
      Касаба је живеле од моста и расла из њега као из свога неуништивог корена.
      The town owned its existence to the bridge and grew out of it as if from an imperishable root.
  2. (regional) Podunk

Declension
Declension of касаба
singular plural
nominative каса̀ба касабе
genitive касабе каса́ба̄
dative касаби касабама
accusative касабу касабе
vocative касабо касабе
locative касаби касабама
instrumental касабом касабама
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