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

Clipping of rabiot (“(originally fishermen and military cant) excess, remainder; (earlier) (1831) excess of fish remaining after rations had been imparted to the mates, (1859) soup soldiers often left over in their mess tin, (1832) an extra something which one can enjoy”). Further unclear, probably from (Gascon) Occitan rabiot (“little fish; leftovers from fishing”).

rab m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, chiefly partitive) rest, remainder, leftovers, extra food; (especially) in a canteen, where using which, one can ask for some extra food from the cook or canteen service

   je peux avoir du rab ? ― Can I get some more (food)?

   il a faim, file lui un peu de rab ― he's hungry, give him a little extra food

• “rab”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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 Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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/

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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, relational 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, 2003–2025

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.