rab

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

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, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *orbъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian rob.[1]

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

rab (not comparable)

1. captive

   Antonym: szabad

• rabszolga

rab (plural rabok)

1. captive, prisoner

• rab in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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
• Homophone: rap

rab m pers

1. (obsolete) slave, servant
   • 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...

   Synonyms: niewolnik, sługa

• rab in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

• IPA^(key): /ʈa˥/

rab

1. used for nouns used with the hands or utensils

• rab diav