рыба

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See also: рꙑба and риба

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba, further etymology unknown.

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Noun

ры́ба (rýbaf animal (genitive ры́бы, nominative plural ры́бы, genitive plural рыб)

  1. fish
    яны́ жыву́ць між сабо́ю як ры́ба з вадо́юjaný žyvúcʹ miž sabóju jak rýba z vadójuthey live together amicably (literally, “they live among each other like fish with water”)

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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 (rýbaf 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)

  1. (animate) fish (as a living animal)
  2. (inanimate) fish (as food)
    сушёная ры́баsušónaja rýbadried 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.’
  3. (inanimate, dominoes) blocked game; block
  4. (inanimate, publishing, music) placeholder, lorem ipsum

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