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izba
or is·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.
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Example Sentences
The kholodnaya izba—the “cold izba,” as opposed to the “warm izba” or living room.
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The Evil one strove and strove, but nothing came of it, the izba still remained pitch dark.
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He thought, "It is useless to waste money and labour on an izba, when the roving Tatars will carry it off in any case."
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Round her came swarming countless devils, the izba was full of them!
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He unharnessed his horse and put everything in its place, and then went into the izba (room), but found no one there.
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