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”).[1]

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.

Declension

Declension of рябо́й (short class cʹ)
masculine neuter feminine plural
nominative рябо́й
rjabój 		рябо́е
rjabóje 		ряба́я
rjabája 		рябы́е
rjabýje
genitive рябо́го
rjabóvo 		рябо́й
rjabój 		рябы́х
rjabýx
dative рябо́му
rjabómu 		рябо́й
rjabój 		рябы́м
rjabým
accusative animate рябо́го
rjabóvo 		рябо́е
rjabóje 		рябу́ю
rjabúju 		рябы́х
rjabýx
inanimate рябо́й
rjabój 		рябы́е
rjabýje
instrumental рябы́м
rjabým 		рябо́й, рябо́ю
rjabój, rjabóju 		рябы́ми
rjabými
prepositional рябо́м
rjabóm 		рябо́й
rjabój 		рябы́х
rjabýx
short form ряб
rjab 		ря́бо
rjábo 		ряба́
rjabá 		рябы́, ря́бы
rjabý, rjáby

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
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