рабе

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

• Glagolitic: ⱃⰰⰱⰵ (rabe)

Noun

рабе (rabe) m

1. servant, slave
   • c. 1045, Iosif, graffito in St. Sophia cathedral:

     ⰳ҃ⰺ[ⱂⱁⰿⱁⰸⰺ] / ⱃⰰⰱ[ⱆ] / ⰺⱁⱄⰺ[ⱇⱆ]

     Lord help / his servant / Iosif

References

• Савва Михайлович (2012), “22 Древнерусских глаголических надписи-граффити XI–XII веков из Новгорода” in Slovo, vol. 62, pp. 63-99.
• “203 (letter no. )”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈbʲe]

Etymology 1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) рабе́ • (rabé) m anim

1. prepositional singular of раб (rab)

Etymology 2

Noun

(deprecated template usage) рабе́ • (rabé) f anim

1. dative singular of раба́ (rabá)
2. prepositional singular of раба́ (rabá)