korab

See also: Korab

Khoekhoe

Etymology

Possibly from an extinct South Cushitic language. Compare with Iraqw kuray (“hawk, kite”)

Noun

korab ? (dual, plural)

1. crow

References

• Words of apparent Arabic and CUSHITIC origin in Khoekhoe and Kalahari KHOE languages of southern Africa: how did they get there, and what are the implications?‎^[1], 2023, page 201

Polish

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) korabl

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *čertider.?

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kor-eh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *karā́ˀ

Proto-Slavic *koràder.?

Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́răbos)

Proto-Indo-European *-yóm

Proto-Hellenic [Term?]

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek κᾱρᾰ́βῐον (kārắbĭon)bor.?

Proto-Slavic *korabľь

Old Polish korab

Polish korab

Inherited from Old Polish korab, from Proto-Slavic *korabľь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.rap/
• Rhymes: -ɔrap
• Syllabification: ko‧rab

Noun

korab m inan

1. (obsolete or poetic) ship, vessel (watercraft)
   • 1901, Władysław Matlakowski, Wspomnienia z Zakopanego, Księgarnia E. Wendego i S-ki, page 40:

     Na Hawraniu, na Świnicy, uwięzły jak korabie Noego płynące dwa obłoki […]

     On Hawrań, on Świnica, two clouds were caught, floating like Noah's vessels […]

Declension

Declension of korab

	singular	plural
nominative	korab	korabie
genitive	korabia	korabi
dative	korabiowi	korabiom
accusative	korab	korabie
instrumental	korabiem	korabiami
locative	korabiu	korabiach
vocative	korabiu	korabie

Derived terms

adjective

• korabiowy

noun

• korabnik

Related terms

noun

• korabnictwo

Further reading

• “korab”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kȍrābalj
• kòrablja

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korabľь, from Ancient Greek καράβιον (karábion) or κάραβος (kárabos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôraːb/, /kǒrab/
• Hyphenation: ko‧rab

Noun

kȍrāb or kòrab m inan or (rare) f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ра̄б or ко̀раб)

1. (large) boat or ship
2. riverboat
3. hull of a ship

References

• Pero Budmani, editor (1898–1903), “kȍrȃb”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[3] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 316
• “korab”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026