srub
See also: śrub and сруб
English
Etymology
From shrub.
Pronunciation
- enPR: srŭb, IPA(key): /sɹʌb/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ʌb
Noun
srub (uncountable)
- Alternative form of shrub (“a drink of fruit juice, spirits, etc.”).
- 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
- […] Will you take something? A glass of srub and water, now? I smoke on srub and water, myself,' said Mr. Omer, taking up his glass, 'because it's considered softening to the passages, by which this troublesome breath of mine gets into action.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsrup]
- Rhymes: -up
Noun
srub m inan
- a cabin (building made from wooden logs)
Declension
Declension of srub (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | srub | sruby |
| genitive | srubu | srubů |
| dative | srubu | srubům |
| accusative | srub | sruby |
| vocative | srube | sruby |
| locative | srubu | srubech |
| instrumental | srubem | sruby |
Further reading
- “srub”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “srub”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989