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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba, further etymology unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
ры́ба • (rýba) f animal (genitive ры́бы, nominative plural ры́бы, genitive plural рыб)
- fish
- яны́ жыву́ць між сабо́ю як ры́ба з вадо́ю ― janý žyvúcʹ miž sabóju jak rýba z vadóju ― they live together amicably (literally, “they live among each other like fish with water”)
Declension
Declension of ры́ба (anml hard fem-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “рыба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba, further etymology uncertain.
Pronunciation
Noun
ры́ба • (rýba) f anim or f inan (genitive ры́бы, nominative plural ры́бы, genitive plural рыб, relational adjective ры́бный or ры́бий, diminutive ры́бка or рыбёшка or ры́бонька or ры́бица, augmentative ры́бища, pejorative рыбёха or рыбчо́нка)
- (animate) fish (as a living animal)
- (inanimate) fish (as food)
- сушёная ры́ба ― sušónaja rýba ― dried fish
1880, Салтыков-Щедрин [Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin], “По-родственному”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:— А ры́ба солё́ная у вас есть?
— Как, су́дарь, ры́бы не быть! осетри́на есть, севрю́жина… Найдё́тся ры́бы — дово́льно!- — A rýba soljónaja u vas jestʹ?
— Kak, súdarʹ, rýby ne bytʹ! osetrína jestʹ, sevrjúžina… Najdjótsja rýby — dovólʹno! - ‘And do you have a bit of pickled fish?’
‘That we do, sir! There’s sturgeon, sevryuga... We’ll find you some fish, as much as you please.’
- (inanimate, dominoes) blocked game; block
- (inanimate, publishing, music) placeholder, lorem ipsum
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