# жаба
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* žaba — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʐaba]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aba

### Noun

жа́ба • (žába) f animal (genitive жа́бы, nominative plural жа́бы, genitive plural жаб)
* frog
    Synonym: кваку́ха (kvakúxa)

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### Coordinate terms

* рапу́ха (rapúxa)

### References

* “жаба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʒa̟bɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

жа́ба • (žába) f (masculine жабо́к)
* frog (usually a female one)
** 2003, Оркестър Камчия, “Комбайна-вършачка”, in 20 Години с Оркестър Камчия:На китарата Васко Жабата, Той ще свири, драги гости само за васNa kitarata Vasko Žabata, Toj šte sviri, dragi gosti samo za vasVasko the Frog is on the guitar, He will play, dear guests, just for you
** (Can we date this quote?), Асен Разцветников, Баба жаба:Баба жаба не обича хляба, тя е яла за седмица цяла пъстърмица от една мушица, половинка от една калинка, две крачета от малки щурчета. Затова е слаба баба жаба и не квака вече в ракитака.Baba žaba ne običa hljaba, tja e jala za sedmica cjala pǎstǎrmica ot edna mušica, polovinka ot edna kalinka, dve kračeta ot malki šturčeta. Zatova e slaba baba žaba i ne kvaka veče v rakitaka.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* toad (usually a female one)

#### Derived terms

* кра́става жа́ба f (krástava žába)

#### Related terms

* жабо́к m (žabók)

#### See also

* по́пова лъжи́чка f (pópova lǎžíčka)

### References

* “жаба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “жаба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Carpathian Rusyn
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

### Noun

жаба • (žaba)
* frog

## Erzya
### Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Russian жаба (žaba).

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

жаба • (žaba)
* (dialectal) child
    Synonyms: эйкакш (ejkakš), эйде (ejde)
* glutton

#### Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

### References

* B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “жаба”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʒaba]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

жаба • (žaba) f (plural жаби, masculine жабец or жабок or жабар, relational adjective жабји or жабин, diminutive жабичка or жапче or жапченце, augmentative жабиште)
* frog

#### See also

* полноглавец (polnoglavec)

### References

* жаба in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

## Old Church Slavonic
### Alternative forms

* Glagolitic: ⰶⰰⰱⰰ (žaba)

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

### Noun

жаба • (žaba) f
* toad
* frog

#### Declension
## Old East Slavic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʑɑbɑ/→/ˈʑaba/→/ˈʑaba/
* (ca. 9th CE) IPA: /ˈʑɑbɑ/
* (ca. 11th CE) IPA: /ˈʑaba/
* (ca. 13th CE) IPA: /ˈʑaba/
* Hyphenation: жа́‧ба

### Noun

жаба (žaba) f
* toad
* frog

#### Descendants

* Old Ruthenian: жа́ба (žába)
** Belarusian: жа́ба (žába)
** Carpathian Rusyn: жа́ба (žába)
** Ukrainian: жа́ба (žába)
* Russian: жа́ба (žába)

## Old Ruthenian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic жа́ба (žába), from Proto-Slavic *žàba, from *žěba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gēˀbāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷh₂béh₂. Cognate with Russian жа́ба (žába), Old Czech žába.

### Noun

жаба • (žaba) f animal
* toad, frog

#### Derived terms

* Жа́ба (Žába) (Old Ukrainian surname)

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: жа́ба (žába)
* Carpathian Rusyn: жа́ба (žába)
* Ukrainian: жа́ба (žába)

### Further reading

* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жаба”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 895
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “жаба”, 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 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 112
* Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “жаба”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 240

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak žaba, from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʒaba]
* Rhymes: -aba
* Hyphenation: жа‧ба

### Noun

жаба (žaba) f (diminutive жабка or жабочка, augmentative жабиска, related adjective жабов)
* frog

#### Related terms

* жабар m pers (žabar)

### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “жаба”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “frog”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 122

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʐabə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

жа́ба • (žába) f anim or f inan (genitive жа́бы, nominative plural жа́бы, genitive plural жаб, relational adjective жа́бий, diminutive жа́бка or жа́бочка)
* toad
* (regional or archaic) frog
    Synonym: (regular term) лягу́шка (ljagúška)
* (pathology) tonsillitis, quinsy
    грудна́я жа́ба ― grudnája žába ― angina pectoris
* (slang, computing) Java (programming language)
* (slang, computing) Adobe Photoshop
* (slang, computing) a photoshopped image, a shoop (see also фотожаба)

#### Derived terms

* жабёнок (žabjónok)

#### Related terms

* жа́ба ду́шит (žába dúšit)
* жа́бить (žábitʹ), отжа́бить (otžábitʹ)

#### Descendants

* → Eastern Mari: жава (žava)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žaba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒâba/
* Hyphenation: жа‧ба

### Noun

жа̏ба f (Latin spelling žȁba, diminutive жа̏бица, augmentative жабѐтина, relational adjective жа̏бљӣ or жа̏бин)
* frog

#### Related terms

* жа́бац

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: zhabë

### References

* “жаба”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žaba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʒabɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

жа́ба • (žába) f animal (genitive жа́би, nominative plural жа́би, genitive plural жаб, relational adjective жа́б'ячий or жаби́ний)
* frog

#### Coordinate terms

* ропу́ха (ropúxa)

#### Derived terms

* їба́ла жа́ба гадю́ку (jibála žába hadjúku, “literally "the frog fucked the viper", two enemies fighting each other”)
* Жа́ба (Žába, “a surname”)
* жабагадю́кін (žabahadjúkin, “one of two disliked people who fight each other”)

### Noun

жа́ба • (žába) f inan (genitive жа́би, uncountable)
* quinsy, tonsillitis

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жаба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “жаба”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
* “жаба”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)