žbuka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Uncertain. First attested in the 19th century. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒbûka/
  • Hyphenation: žbu‧ka

Noun

žbȕka f (Cyrillic spelling жбу̏ка)

  1. (uncountable) plaster (mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2021), “žbȕka”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume II: O – Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 615

Further reading

  • žbuka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026