rubac

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See also: rubać

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rǫbьcь. By surface analysis, rub +‎ -ac. The inital meaning was ‘a cut-off piece of fabric’. Compare Slovene rọ́bec. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rǔːbat͡s/
  • Hyphenation: ru‧bac

Noun

rúbac m (Cyrillic spelling ру́бац)

  1. (rare) kerchief, handkerchief
    Synonym: marama

Declension

Declension of rubac
singular plural
nominative rúbac rúpci
genitive rúpca rȗbācā
dative rupcu rupcima
accusative rubac rupce
vocative rupče rupci
locative rupcu rupcima
instrumental rupcem rupcima

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016–2021) “rubac”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 309

Further reading

  • “rubac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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