rab

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian раб (rab), from Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ), from Proto-Slavic *õrbъ. Doublet of rob, an inherited form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

rab m anim

1. serf, slave

   Synonyms: nevolník, otrok

Declension

Further reading

• rab in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• rab in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian ра̏б／rȁb, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *orbъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: rab
• Rhymes: -ɒb

Adjective

rab (not comparable)

1. captive

   Antonym: szabad

Declension

Derived terms

• rabszolga

Noun

rab (plural rabok)

1. captive, prisoner

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Old Slovak: rab
  • Slovak: rab

References

Further reading

• rab in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Old Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian rab, from Serbo-Croatian ра̏б／rȁb, from Proto-Slavic *õrbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”).

Noun

rab m (female equivalent rabkyňa)

1. slave

   Synonyms: otrok, nevoľník

2. captive, prisoner

   Synonym: väzeň

Derived terms

Descendants

• Slovak: rab

References

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “rab”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian раб (rab), from Old East Slavic рабъ (rabŭ), from Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ), from Proto-Slavic *orbъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rap/

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• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: rab
• Homophones: rap, Rab, wrap

Noun

rab m pers

1. (obsolete) slave, servant

   Synonyms: niewolnik, sługa

   • 1935, Wacław Sieroszewski, Beniowski:

     Więc wolność dla was to możność przewodzenia innym i uciskania ich, bo tutaj nie można niczem innem być, ino rabem albo katem...

     So freedom for you is the ability to lead others and to oppress them, because here you can be nothing other than either a slave or a torturer...

Declension

Further reading

• rab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak rab, from Hungarian rab, from Serbo-Croatian ра̏б／rȁb, from Proto-Slavic *õrbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Doublet of rob, an inherited form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

rab m anim (feminine rabkyňa, related adjective rabský)

1. (literary) slave

   Synonyms: otrok, nevoľník, (dialectal) rob

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “rab”, 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

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rabe (“raven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

rab (nominative plural rabs)

1. raven (genus Corvus, crow family Corvidae)

Declension

Hypernyms

• böd
• nim

Hyponyms

• hirab
• jirab
• rabil
• rabül
• vietarab

Derived terms

• rabanäst
• rabanög

See also

• krov
• piak

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *traŋᴬ (“classifier for tools”), borrowed from Old Chinese 張 (OC *taŋ, *taŋs, “classifier for flat things (originally things like bows and zithers)”). Cognate with Proto-Mien *truŋᴬ (“classifier for tools”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈa˥/

Classifier

rab

1. classifier for implements tools, utensils, i.e. for things with a handle and used with the hands

   ib rab diav ― a spoon

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 274.