рябой

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See also: рабой

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rębъ (speckled, spotted), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erbʰ-, see also Ancient Greek ὀρφνός (orphnós, dark brown).

Pronunciation

Adjective

рябо́й (rjabój) (comparative (по)рябе́е or (по)рябе́й)

  1. pitted, pocked, pockmarked
  2. speckled

Usage notes

  • A special short form is found in the name of the fairy-tale character Ку́рочка Ря́ба (literally Speckled Hen). This form is an old short attributive feminine singular.

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὄρφνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1114