róba

See also: roba, robá, robā, and rōba

Czech

Etymology

From German Robe, from French robe, from Frankish *rauba. It seems also related to German Raub (“plunder, loot”), so it originally probably meant "seized clothes".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːba/
• Hyphenation: ró‧ba
• Rhymes: -oːba

Noun

róba f

1. female evening dress, evening gown

Anagrams

• bóra

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Irish

Etymology

From Old French robe, robbe, reube (“booty, spoils of war, robe, garment”) (possibly via English robe), from Frankish *rouba, *rauba (“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally “things taken”), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewp- (“to tear, peel”).

Noun

róba m (genitive singular róba, nominative plural róbaí)

1. gown, robe

   Synonym: gúna

Declension

Declension of róba

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative róba róbaí Vocative a róba a róbaí Genitive róba róbaí Dative róba róbaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an róba na róbaí Genitive an róba na róbaí Dative leis an róba don róba leis na róbaí

Derived terms

• róba a chur ar, róbáil (“robe”, verb)
• róba folctha (“bathrobe”)

 

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “róba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “róba”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “róba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “róba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language