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isbas - 2 dictionary results

is⋅ba

[iz-bah]
–noun
izba.

iz⋅ba

[iz-bah]
–noun
the traditional log house of rural Russia, with an unheated entrance room and a single living and sleeping room heated by a clay or brick stove.
Also, isba.


Origin:
1775–85; < Russ izbá (dim. istópka), ORuss istŭba house, bath, c. Serbo-Croatian ìzba small room, shack, Czech jizba room, Old Czech jistba, jizdba, all < Slavic *jĭstŭba ≪ VL *extūfa, with short u perh. < Gmc *stuba; see stove 1
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