ребёнок

Russian

Alternative forms

• ребёнокъ (rebjónok) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Old East Slavic робя (robja), from Proto-Slavic *orbę.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [rʲɪˈbʲɵnək]

Noun

ребёнок • (rebjónok) m anim (genitive ребёнка, nominative plural де́ти or ребя́та^*, genitive plural дете́й or ребя́т^*) (* Use the second plural with the meaning "friends!", "fellows!", "guys!", "comrades!".)

1. (plural де́ти, less commonly ребя́та) child, kid, baby: children, kids, babies
2. (plural only) (plural ребя́та) guys, fellows, friends, comrades

Usage notes

• The singular form can only refer to "child"/"baby" sense.
• The plural form "ребята" can mean "guys", "friends", etc.
• For the plural form "children" "дети" is the preferred word but "ребята" is also used.

Declension

Declension of ребёнок (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-f/b irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ребёнок rebjónok	де́ти△, ребя́та* déti△, rebjáta*
genitive	ребёнка rebjónka	дете́й△, ребя́т* detéj△, rebját*
dative	ребёнку rebjónku	де́тям△, ребя́там* détjam△, rebjátam*
accusative	ребёнка rebjónka	дете́й△, ребя́т* detéj△, rebját*
instrumental	ребёнком rebjónkom	детьми́△, ребя́тами* detʹmí△, rebjátami*
prepositional	ребёнке rebjónke	де́тях△, ребя́тах* détjax△, rebjátax*

^△ Irregular.
^* Use the second plural with the meaning "friends!", "fellows!", "guys!", "comrades!".

See also

• дитя́ (ditjá)