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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbota.
Pronunciation
Noun
ра́бота • (rábota) f (relational adjective рабо́тен)
- work
- job
Declension
References
- “работа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “работа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbota.
Pronunciation
Noun
работа • (rabota) f (plural работи, relational adjective работен)
- work, labor
- job, duty, task
- thing, stuff
Declension
References
- Koneski, Kiril (1999) “работа”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 380
- “работа” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbota.
Noun
работа • (rabota) f
- servitude
- slavery
- from Slavonic Josephus, kniga 4, 429а:
поминающе исхода и свобожденїе ѿ египетьскꙑѧ работꙑ.- pominajušte isxoda i svoboždenie otŭ egipetĭskyę raboty.
- remember the Exodus and the liberation from Egyptian slavery.
Declension
Declension of работа (hard a-stem)
Derived terms
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic робота (robota), from Proto-Slavic *orbòta. By surface analysis, роби́ть (robítʹ) + -о́та (-óta). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic работа (rabota), whence spelling. Doublet of ро́бот (róbot).
Pronunciation
Noun
рабо́та • (rabóta) f inan (genitive рабо́ты, nominative plural рабо́ты, genitive plural рабо́т, relational adjective рабо́чий, diminutive рабо́тка)
- work
- Рабо́та кипи́т. ― Rabóta kipít. ― Work is in full swing.
- labor, toil
- assignment, task
- кропотли́вая рабо́та ― kropotlívaja rabóta ― laborious task
- job, occupation
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
- → Akkala Sami: роббот (robbot)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbota (“hard work, slavery”). By surface analysis, rábiti + -ota. Cognate with German Arbeit, Dutch arbeid, and Middle English arveth (“difficult; hard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rǎbota/
- Hyphenation: ра‧бо‧та
Noun
ра̀бота f (Latin spelling ràbota)
- (usually derogatory) work, labor, deed, doing
Declension
References
- “работа” in Hrvatski jezični portal