róba

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See also: roba, robá, robà, robā, robă, robą, róbà, and rōba

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed 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".[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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róba f

  1. female evening dress, evening gown

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References

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  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “róba”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 596

Further reading

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  • róba”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • róba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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Irish

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Etymology

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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

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róba m (genitive singular róba, nominative plural róbaí)

  1. gown, robe
    Synonym: gúna

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed 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

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Noun

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róba f

  1. female evening dress, evening gown

Declension

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Further reading

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  • róba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024