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žaba

жаба

žȁba · /ʒâba/ · fem.

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NOUN
  1. frog; toad
    Uveče se kraj reke čuje kreketanje žaba. — In the evening you can hear frogs croaking by the river.
    Dete je uhvatilo žabu u bari. — The child caught a frog in the pond.

Žaba covers both frogs and toads; a toad specifically is krastača.

Expressions
  • progutati žabu — to swallow a bitter pill
    Morao sam da progutam žabu i izvinim mu se. — I had to swallow my pride and apologise to him.
Declension, fem.
singularplural
Nom.žabažabe
Gen.žabežaba
Dat.žabižabama
Acc.žabužabe
Voc.žabožabe
Ins.žabomžabama
Loc.žabižabama
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