robota

See also: robotą, robotā, robotă, and Robotă

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrobota]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota derived from *orbъ, ultimately from 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”).

Noun

robota f

1. serfdom, villeinage
2. corvee
3. (colloquial, usually derogatory) any arduous work; drudgery, grind, slog

Declension

Declension of robota (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	robota	roboty
genitive	roboty	robot
dative	robotě	robotám
accusative	robotu	roboty
vocative	roboto	roboty
locative	robotě	robotách
instrumental	robotou	robotami

Derived terms

• robot
• robotník
• robotovat

 

Descendants

• → English: robot
• → French: robot
  • → Portuguese: robô

See also

• rob m

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

robota

1. genitive/accusative singular of robot

Further reading

• robota in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• robota in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• robota in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [roˈbota]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Hyphenation: ro‧bo‧ta

Adjective

robota (accusative singular robotan, plural robotaj, accusative plural robotajn)

1. robotic

Related terms

• robote (“robotically”)
• roboto (“robot”)

Latvian

Noun

robota m

1. genitive singular form of robots

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔˈbɔ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: ro‧bo‧ta

Noun

robota f (diminutive robótka)

1. (sometimes or mildly colloquial) work
2. (colloquial) workplace
3. (plural only) construction, construction work

Declension

Declension of robota

	singular	plural
nominative	robota	roboty
genitive	roboty	robót
dative	robocie	robotom
accusative	robotę	roboty
instrumental	robotą	robotami
locative	robocie	robotach
vocative	roboto	roboty

Derived terms

adjectives

• antyrobotniczy
• bezrobotny
• robociarski
• roboczy
• robotniczy
• robotny

 

adverb

• roboczo

 

nouns

• bezrobocie
• robociarz
• robocizna
• roboczodniówka
• roboczogodzina
• robot
• robotka
• robotnica
• robotnik
• robotność
• robotyzacja
• robótka

 

Related terms

verb

• robić

 

Noun

robota m

1. inflection of robot:
   1. genitive singular
   2. accusative singular

Further reading

• robota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• robota in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “robota”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrobota]

Noun

robota f (genitive singular roboty, nominative plural roboty, genitive plural robôt, declension pattern of žena)

1. work (effort)

   Synonym: práca

2. work, job, employment

   Synonyms: práca, zamestnanie

Declension

Declension of robota

	singular	plural
nominative	robota	roboty
genitive	roboty	robôt
dative	robote	robotám
accusative	robotu	roboty
locative	robote	robotách
instrumental	robotou	robotami

Related terms

• robiť
• robot
• robotník

Further reading

• robota in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk