rab

rab

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chamling.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Chamling terms

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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “rab”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 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

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	rab	rabok
accusative	rabot	rabokat
dative	rabnak	raboknak
instrumental	rabbal	rabokkal
causal-final	rabért	rabokért
translative	rabbá	rabokká
terminative	rabig	rabokig
essive-formal	rabként	rabokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	rabban	rabokban
superessive	rabon	rabokon
adessive	rabnál	raboknál
illative	rabba	rabokba
sublative	rabra	rabokra
allative	rabhoz	rabokhoz
elative	rabból	rabokból
delative	rabról	rabokról
ablative	rabtól	raboktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	rabé	raboké
non-attributive possessive - plural	rabéi	rabokéi

• rabszolga

rab (plural rabok)

1. captive, prisoner

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	rab	rabok
accusative	rabot	rabokat
dative	rabnak	raboknak
instrumental	rabbal	rabokkal
causal-final	rabért	rabokért
translative	rabbá	rabokká
terminative	rabig	rabokig
essive-formal	rabként	rabokként
essive-modal	rabul	—
inessive	rabban	rabokban
superessive	rabon	rabokon
adessive	rabnál	raboknál
illative	rabba	rabokba
sublative	rabra	rabokra
allative	rabhoz	rabokhoz
elative	rabból	rabokból
delative	rabról	rabokról
ablative	rabtól	raboktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	rabé	raboké
non-attributive possessive - plural	rabéi	rabokéi

Possessive forms of rab
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	rabom	rabjaim
2nd person sing.	rabod	rabjaid
3rd person sing.	rabja	rabjai
1st person plural	rabunk	rabjaink
2nd person plural	rabotok	rabjaitok
3rd person plural	rabjuk	rabjaik

• → 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 pers (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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrap/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: rab
• Homophones: Rab, rap, 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 Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• bar

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 pers (female equivalent rabkyňa or rabyňa, 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, 2003–2024

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

Inherited 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^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 274.