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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rębъ (speckled, spotted), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erbʰ-, see also Ancient Greek ὀρφνός (orphnós, dark brown).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rʲɐˈbɪi̯]
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Adjective

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ряби́й (rjabýj)

  1. speckled
  2. pitted, pocked, pockmarked

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ 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

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