rab

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈrap]

rab m anim

1. serf, slave

   Synonyms: nevolník, otrok

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

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian ра̏б／rȁb, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *orbъ.[1]

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

rab (not comparable)

1. captive

   Antonym: szabad

• rabszolga

rab (plural rabok)

1. captive, prisoner

• → Old Slovak: rab
  • Slovak: rab

• 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

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

rab m (female equivalent rabkyňa)

1. slave

   Synonyms: otrok, nevoľník

2. captive, prisoner

   Synonym: väzeň

• Slovak: rab

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /rap/

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

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...

• rab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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.

• IPA^(key): [rap]

rab m anim (feminine rabkyňa, related adjective rabský)

1. (literary) slave

   Synonyms: otrok, nevoľník, (dialectal) rob

• “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

Borrowed from German Rabe (“raven”).

• IPA^(key): [ɾab]

rab (nominative plural rabs)

1. raven (genus Corvus, crow family Corvidae)

• böd
• nim

• hirab
• jirab
• rabil
• rabül
• vietarab

• rabanäst
• rabanög

• krov
• piak

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”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ʈa˥/

rab

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

   ib rab diav ― a spoon

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