рябой
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
- IPA(key): [rʲɪˈboj]
Adjective
рябо́й • (rjabój) (comparative (по)рябе́е or (по)рябе́й)
Usage notes
- A special short form is found in the name of the fairy-tale character Ку́рочка Ря́ба (Kúročka Rjába, “Ryaba the Hen”, 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 | |
Derived terms
- Ря́бов (Rjábov)
Related terms
References
- ^ 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
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “рябый”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.