раб

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ), from Proto-Slavic *orbъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rap]

• Audio:

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Noun

раб • (rab) m pers (genitive раба́, nominative plural рабы́, genitive plural рабо́ў, female equivalent рабы́ня)

1. slave, serf

Declension

Declension of раб (pr hard masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	раб rab	рабы́ rabý
genitive	раба́ rabá	рабо́ў rabów
dative	рабу́ rabú	раба́м rabám
accusative	раба́ rabá	рабо́ў rabów
instrumental	рабо́м rabóm	раба́мі rabámi
locative	рабе́ rabjé	раба́х rabáx
count form	—	рабы́1 rabý1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “раб” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ), from Proto-Slavic *orbъ. Doublet of роб (rob).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rap]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ap

Noun

раб • (rab) m

1. (religion) servant (of God)
2. (archaic) slave, bondsman

   Synonym: роб (rob) (normal term)

3. (archaic, colloquial, derogatory) person
4. (archaic) coward, wimp

Declension

Declension of раб

	singular	plural
indefinite	раб rab	раби́, ра́бове1 rabí, rábove1
definite (subject form)	ра́бът rábǎt	раби́те, ра́бовете1 rabíte, rábovete1
definite (object form)	ра́ба rába
vocative form	ра́бе rábe	раби́, ра́бове1 rabí, rábove1

¹Archaic.

Anagrams

• бар (bar)

Lezgi

Etymology

Akin to Budukh руб (rub).

Noun

раб • (rab)

1. needle

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rap]
• Homophone: рап (rap)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rǫbъ.

Noun

раб • (rab) m

1. edge, curb, brink
2. rim, border

Declension

Declension of раб

	singular	plural
indefinite	раб (rab)	рабови (rabovi)
definite unspecified	работ (rabot)	рабовите (rabovite)
definite proximal	рабов (rabov)	рабовиве (rabovive)
definite distal	рабон (rabon)	рабовине (rabovine)
vocative	рабу (rabu)	рабови (rabovi)
count form	—	раба (raba)

Synonyms

• ивица (ivica)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”).

Noun

раб • (rab) m

1. (rare, ecclesiastical) servant, slave

   Раб божји ― Rab božji ― Servant of God

See also

• роб (rob)

Russian

Alternative forms

• рабъ (rab) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ) via Old East Slavic рабъ (rabŭ), from Proto-Slavic *orbъ. Displaced Old East Slavic робъ (robŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rap]

• Audio:

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Noun

раб • (rab) m anim (genitive раба́, nominative plural рабы́, genitive plural рабо́в, female equivalent раба́ or рабы́ня, relational adjective ра́бский)

1. slave, serf, bondslave (in common sense and about male person, not female separately)

   Synonyms: нево́льник (nevólʹnik), холо́п (xolóp), крепостно́й (krepostnój)

Declension

Declension of раб (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ра́б ráb	рабы́ rabý
genitive	раба́ rabá	рабо́в rabóv
dative	рабу́ rabú	раба́м rabám
accusative	раба́ rabá	рабо́в rabóv
instrumental	рабо́м rabóm	раба́ми rabámi
prepositional	рабе́ rabé	раба́х rabáx

Derived terms

Compound words:

• рабовладе́лец m anim (rabovladélec), рабовладе́льчество n (rabovladélʹčestvo), рабовладе́ние f (rabovladénije)
• работорго́вец m anim (rabotorgóvec), работорго́вля f (rabotorgóvlja)

Compounds:

• паха́ть как раб на гале́рах (paxátʹ kak rab na galérax)

Related terms

Close related:

• поработи́ть pf (porabotítʹ), порабоща́ть impf (poraboščátʹ)
• раба́ f anim (rabá), рабы́ня f anim (rabýnja)
• ра́бский (rábskij), ра́бство n (rábstvo)
• Compound words:
  • раболе́пие n (rabolépije), раболе́пный (rabolépnyj), раболе́пство n (rabolépstvo), раболе́пствовать impf (rabolépstvovatʹ)

Other:

• рабо́та f (rabóta), рабо́тать impf (rabótatʹ)
• ребёнок m anim (rebjónok)
• ро́бкий (róbkij), робе́ть impf (robétʹ)
• ро́бот m anim (róbot)

Descendants

• → Czech: rab

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “раб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “раб”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

раб • (rab) f anim pl

1. genitive/accusative plural of раба́ (rabá)

Anagrams

• бар (bar), бра (bra)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ), from Proto-Slavic *orbъ. Doublet of роб (rob).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rab]

• Audio:

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Noun

раб • (rab) m pers (genitive раба́, nominative plural раби́, genitive plural рабі́в, female equivalent раба́ or раби́ня, relational adjective ра́бський)

1. slave, serf

Declension

Declension of раб
(pers hard masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	раб rab	раби́ rabý
genitive	раба́ rabá	рабі́в rabív
dative	рабо́ві, рабу́ rabóvi, rabú	раба́м rabám
accusative	раба́ rabá	рабі́в rabív
instrumental	рабо́м rabóm	раба́ми rabámy
locative	рабо́ві, рабі́ rabóvi, rabí	раба́х rabáx
vocative	ра́бе rábe	раби́ rabý

Derived terms

• ра́бство (rábstvo)
• раби́ня (rabýnja)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “раб”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “раб”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]