izba

or is·ba

[ iz-bah ]

/ ɪzˈbɑ /

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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.

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Origin of izba

1775–85; <Russian izbá (diminutive istópka), Old Russian istŭba house, bath, cognate with Serbo-Croatian ìzba small room, shack, Czech jizba room, Old Czech jistba, jizdba, all <Slavic *jĭstŭba ≪ Vulgar Latin *extūfa, with short u perhaps <Germanic *stuba;see stove¹

Words nearby izba

Izanagi, Izanami, izar, izard, -ization, izba, -ize, Izetbegovic, Izhevsk, Izmir, Izmit

How to use izba in a sentence

The kholodnaya izba—the “cold izba,” as opposed to the “warm izba” or living room.
Russian Fairy Tales|W. R. S. Ralston
The Evil one strove and strove, but nothing came of it, the izba still remained pitch dark.
Russian Fairy Tales|W. R. S. Ralston
He thought, "It is useless to waste money and labour on an izba, when the roving Tatars will carry it off in any case."
Taras Bulba and Other Tales|Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Round her came swarming countless devils, the izba was full of them!
Russian Fairy Tales|W. R. S. Ralston

He unharnessed his horse and put everything in its place, and then went into the izba (room), but found no one there.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories|Leo Tolstoi