работа

See also: работя

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbъ (“slave”) + *-ota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrabotɐ/

Noun

работа • (rabota) f

1. work
2. job

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbъ + *-ota.

Noun

работа • (rabota) f

1. work, labor
2. job
3. thing, stuff

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbъ + *-ota.

Noun

работа • (rabota) f

1. servitude

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Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic робота (robota), from Proto-Slavic *orbòta. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic работа (rabota), whence spelling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈbotə]

• Audio:

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Noun

рабо́та • (rabóta) f inan (genitive рабо́ты, nominative plural рабо́ты, genitive plural рабо́т)

1. work

   Рабо́та кипи́т. ― Rabóta kipít. ― The work is in full swing.

2. labor, toil
3. assignment, task

   кропотли́вая рабо́та ― kropotlívaja rabóta ― laborious task

4. job, occupation

Declension

Declension of рабо́та (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	рабо́та rabóta	рабо́ты rabóty
genitive	рабо́ты rabóty	рабо́т rabót
dative	рабо́те rabóte	рабо́там rabótam
accusative	рабо́ту rabótu	рабо́ты rabóty
instrumental	рабо́той, рабо́тою rabótoj, rabótoju	рабо́тами rabótami
prepositional	рабо́те rabóte	рабо́тах rabótax

Synonyms

• труд m (trud)

Derived terms

• работёнка f (rabotjónka)
• рабо́тка f (rabótka)
• непы́льная рабо́та f (nepýlʹnaja rabóta)

Related terms

• рабо́тать (rabótatʹ)
• рабо́чий (rabóčij)
• рабо́тник (rabótnik), рабо́тница (rabótnica)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *orbota (“hard work, slavery”) derived from *orbъ (“slave”), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ (“to change or evolve status”), the predecessor to *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Cognate with German Arbeit, Dutch arbeid, and Middle English arveth (“difficult; hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǎbota/
• Hyphenation: ра‧бо‧та

Noun

ра̀бота f (Latin spelling ràbota)

1. (usually derogatory) work, labor, deed, doing

Declension

Declension of работа

	singular	plural
nominative	работа	работе
genitive	работе	работа
dative	работи	работама
accusative	работу	работе
vocative	работо	работе
locative	работи	работама
instrumental	работом	работама

References

• “работа” in Hrvatski jezični portal