rob
Translingual
editSymbol
editrob
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editEnglish
editPronunciation
edit- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɹɔb/, IPA(key): /ɹɒb/
- (UK) enPR: rŏb, IPA(key): /ɹɒb/
- Rhymes: -ɒb
- (US) enPR: räb, IPA(key): /ɹɑb/
Audio (General Australian): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Etymology 1
editFrom 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.
Verb
editrob (third-person singular simple present robs, present participle robbing, simple past and past participle robbed)
- (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
- He robbed three banks before he was caught.
- (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
- The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
- I never robbed the soldiers of their pay.
- (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.
- (transitive, slang) To burgle.
- 2008 September 4, National Public Radio, All Things Considered:
- Her house was robbed.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To steal.
- That bloke robbed my phone!
- (intransitive) To commit robbery.
- (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
editFrom 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).
Alternative forms
editNoun
editrob (uncountable)
- 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 […] .
Anagrams
editAfar
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Cushitic *roob- ~ *roop-. Cognates include Iraqw tluuw, Somali róob, Oromo rooba and Saho rob.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrób m
Declension
editDeclension of rób | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | rób | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | róobu | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | rób | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | robtí | |||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- 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
editEtymology
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editNoun
editrob (plural robbe)
- seal (pinniped)
Synonyms
edit- (seal): seehond
Albanian
editEtymology
editFrom a South Slavic language; compare Serbo-Croatian rob, Macedonian роб (rob), Bulgarian роб (rob), ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“servant, slave”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrob m (plural robër, definite robi, definite plural robërit)
- (historical) slave
- (historical) serf
- prisoner of war
- (figurative, derogatory) servant
rob m (plural rob, definite robi, definite plural robtë)
Synonyms
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editReferences
edit- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “rob”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 253-254
Aromanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”). Compare Daco-Romanian rob.
Noun
editrob m (plural roghi, feminine equivalent roabã)
Synonyms
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editCzech
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“servant, slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“orphan, child slave or servant”).[1] Compare English robot and Serbo-Croatian rob.
Noun
editrob m anim
- (obsolete) slave, serf
- 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.
Declension
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editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editrob f
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editrob
References
edit- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “rab”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 576
Further reading
edit- “rob”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “rob”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Anagrams
editDutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editUncertain; 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.
Noun
editrob m (plural robben, diminutive robbetje n)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: rob
Etymology 2
editUncertain; 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.
Noun
editrob f (plural robben, diminutive robbeken n)
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rob1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute (seal)
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rob5”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute (rabbit)
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrob (uncountable)
Further reading
edit- “rob” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
editNoun
editrob
- Alternative form of robe
Polish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editrob f
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Church Slavonic робъ (robŭ), from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Doublet of orb.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrob m (plural robi, feminine equivalent roabă)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | rob | robul | robi | robii | |
genitive-dative | rob | robului | robi | robilor | |
vocative | robule | robilor |
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editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editFrom West Slavic dialects, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Compare English robot and Russian рабо́та (rabóta).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrȍb m (Cyrillic spelling ро̏б)
Declension
editReferences
edit- “rob”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovak
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *õrbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Doublet of rab, a borrowed form.
Noun
editrob m pers
Declension
editReferences
edit- Kálal, Miroslav (1924) Slovenský slovník z literatúry aj nárečí, Banská Bystrica
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editrob
Slovene
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Slavic *rǫbъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrọ̑b m inan
Etymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrọ̑b m anim
Further reading
edit- “rob”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editSee arrope.
Noun
editrob m (plural robes)
- fruit syrup
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “rob”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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