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rob

See also: Rob, ROB, røb, ròb, and rób

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn (compare Dutch roven) and Old High German roubōn, raubōn (“to rob, steal, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reave.

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rob (third-person singular simple present robs, present participle robbing, simple past and past participle robbed)

  1. (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
    He robbed three banks before he was caught.
  2. (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
    The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
  3. (transitive, figuratively, used with "of") To deprive (of).
    Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.
    • 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), page 373, column 2:
      Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.
  4. (transitive, slang) To burgle.
    • 2008 September 4, National Public Radio, All Things Considered:
      Her house was robbed.
  5. (transitive, UK, slang) To steal.
    That bloke robbed my phone!
  6. (intransitive) To commit robbery.
  7. (sports) To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.
    • 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:
      Kevin Mirallas then robbed Bacary Sagna to run into the area and draw another save from Szczesny as the Gunners held on to lead at the break.
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Etymology 2

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From Medieval Latin rob, from Arabic ربّ (“thickened fruit juice”). Compare French rob, Spanish rob, Italian rob, robbo, Portuguese robe, arrobe, Persian ربودن (present stem: robâ).

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rob (uncountable)

  1. A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes. [from 15th c.]
    • 1749, [Thomas Short], “10th, Of Feverish Heat”, in A General Chronological History of the Air, volume II, T[homas] Longman, A[ndrew] Millar, →OCLC, pages 512–513:
      [I]nſtead of Honey, Rob of Elder, Conſerve of Roſes, or Syrup of Violets; Glyſters, Pedilavia of emollient Decoctions with Nitre; or Elder, Vinegar, or Focus's of the ſame, applied with Sponges behind the Ears, to the Armpits, Groins, Hams, &c. or with Barley-water and a little Roſe-vinegar.
    • 1772, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 20 December:
      Also began to make wort from the malt and give it to such people as had symptoms of the scurvy; one of them indeed is highly scorbutick altho he has been taking of the rob for some time past without finding himself benefited therefrom […] .

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Afar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic *roob- ~ *roop-. Cognates include Iraqw tluuw, Somali róob, Oromo rooba and Saho rob.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrob/ [ˈɾɔb]
  • Hyphenation: rob

Noun

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rób m 

  1. rain

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Declension of rób
absolutive rób
predicative róobu
subjective rób
genitive robtí
Postpositioned forms
l-case róobul
k-case róobuk
t-case róobut
h-case róobuh

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  • Loren F. Bliese (1981) A Generative Grammar of Afar‎[1], Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics and University of Texas at Arlington (doctoral thesis)., page 5
  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “rob”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 171

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch rob.

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rob (plural robbe)

  1. seal (pinniped)

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Albanian

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From a South Slavic language; compare Serbo-Croatian rob, Macedonian роб (rob), Bulgarian роб (rob), ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“servant, slave”).[1]

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rob m (plural robër, definite robi, definite plural robërit)

  1. (historical) slave
  2. (historical) serf
  3. prisoner of war
  4. (figurative, derogatory) servant

rob m (plural rob, definite robi, definite plural robtë)

  1. person, family member

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  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “rob”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 253-254

Aromanian

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Etymology

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From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”). Compare Daco-Romanian rob.

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rob m (plural roghi, feminine equivalent roabã)

  1. slave

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Czech

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“servant, slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“orphan, child slave or servant”).[1] Compare English robot and Serbo-Croatian rob.

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rob m anim

  1. (obsolete) slave, serf
    Synonyms: nevolník, otrok, rab
    • 1887, Josef Václav Sládek, “Z osudu rukou”, in Selské písně a české znělky‎[3], line 7:
      Tak všichni jsme z lidí, vládce i rob.
      So we are all of people, both a ruler and a serf.
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Declension of rob (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative rob robi, robové
genitive roba robů
dative robovi, robu robům
accusative roba roby
vocative robe robi, robové
locative robovi, robu robech
instrumental robem roby
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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rob f

  1. genitive plural of roba

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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rob

  1. second-person singular imperative of robit

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  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “rab”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 576

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  • “rob”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “rob”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Uncertain; compare English rabbit. Or, possibly related to Latvian rups (“coarse, rough”), referring to the whiskers. Also compared is the personal name Robbe. Has also compared to English rub, referring to seals' movements, but this is unlikely.

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rob m (plural robben, diminutive robbetje n)

  1. seal, any member of the family Phocidae
    Synonym: zeehond (more common)
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  • Afrikaans: rob

Etymology 2

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Uncertain; compare English rabbit, as well as English rub, referring to the fur. Or, from Proto-West Germanic *reufan (“to tear”), hinted by the animals' digging of tunnels.

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rob f (plural robben, diminutive robbeken n)

  1. (Belgium) rabbit
    Synonym: konijn
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Indonesian

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From Javanese ꦫꦺꦴꦧ꧀ (rob, “to rise”), form Old Javanese rob, rwab (“high tide, high water”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Ruab, from Proto-Austronesian *Ruab. Doublet of luap.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrɔp̚]
  • Hyphenation: rob

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rob (first-person possessive robku, second-person possessive robmu, third-person possessive robnya)

  1. coastal flooding due to high tide.

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Middle English

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rob

  1. Alternative form of robe

Polish

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  • IPA(key): /rɔp/
  • Rhymes: -ɔp
  • Syllabification: rob

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rob f

  1. genitive plural of roba

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic робъ (robŭ), from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Doublet of orb.

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rob m (plural robi, feminine equivalent roabă)

  1. slave
    Synonym: sclav

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Declension of rob
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) rob robul (niște) robi robii
genitive/dative (unui) rob robului (unor) robi robilor
vocative robule robilor

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From West Slavic dialects, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Compare English robot and Russian рабо́та (rabóta).

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rȍb m (Cyrillic spelling ро̏б)

  1. slave

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Declension of rob
singular plural
nominative rob robovi
genitive roba robova
dative robu robovima
accusative roba robove
vocative robe robovi
locative robu robovima
instrumental robom robovima

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  • “rob” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *õrbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Doublet of rab, a borrowed form.

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rob m anim

  1. (dialectal) slave
    Synonyms: otrok, nevoľník, (literary) rab
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Declension of rob
singular plural
nominative rob robi
genitive roba robov
dative robovi robom
accusative roba robov
locative robovi roboch
instrumental robom robmi

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  • Kálal, Miroslav (1924) Slovenský slovník z literatúry aj nárečí, Banská Bystrica

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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rob

  1. second-person singular imperative of robiť

Slovene

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *rǫbъ.

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rọ̑b m inan

  1. border, edge
    Synonym: kónec

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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rọ̑b m anim

  1. (obsolete) slave
    Synonym: súženj

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  • “rob”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Etymology

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See arrope.

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rob m (plural robes)

  1. fruit syrup
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