rob

See also: Rob, ROB, røb, ròb, and rób

Translingual

Symbol

rob

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tae'.

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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.

Verb

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.
    • 1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167:
      The railway is still vital to Jordan's export trade, but in spite of the poor quality of the road, diesel lorries are gradually robbing it of freight traffic, and anyone who can afford to fly does so rather than face the long desert journey by rail.
  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[1], archived from the original on 5 November 2011:
      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

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).

Alternative forms

Noun

rob (uncountable)

  2. 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

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho rob, Somali róob, Oromo rooba.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rób m

  1. rain

Declension

        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

References

  • Loren F. Bliese (1981), A Generative Grammar of Afar‎[2], 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)‎[3], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 171

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rob.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɔp]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

rob (plural robbe)

  1. seal (pinniped)

Synonyms

Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾɔb]
  • IPA(key): [ɹɔˑb] (Gheg)

Noun

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • robëri, robëreshë, robinjë, robëroj, robi

References

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), “rob”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe [Albanian-Serbian Linguistic Relations] (in Albanian), Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, →ISBN, pages 253-254

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

rob m (plural roghi, feminine equivalent roabã)

  1. slave

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • rubuescu

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrop]
  • Rhymes: -op
  • Homophone: rop

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

rob m anim

  1. (obsolete) slave, serf
    Synonyms: nevolník, otrok, rab
    • 1887, Josef Václav Sládek, “Z osudu rukou”, in Selské písně a české znělky‎[4], line 7:
      Tak všichni jsme z lidí, vládce i rob.
      So we are all of people, both a ruler and a serf.
Declension
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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rob f

  1. genitive plural of roba

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rob

  1. second-person singular imperative of robit

References

  1. ^ 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

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɔp/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: rob
  • Rhymes: -ɔp

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

rob m (plural robben, diminutive robbetje n)

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

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

rob f (plural robben, diminutive robbeken n)

  1. (Belgium) rabbit
    Synonym: konijn
Alternative forms

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

rob (plural rob-rob)

  1. coastal flooding due to high tide

Derived terms

Further reading

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French robe.

Noun

rob

  1. dress (article of clothing that covers the upper body with a skirt below the waist)

References

  • Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 278
  • Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 925

Middle English

Noun

rob

  1. alternative form of robe

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

    rob f

    1. genitive plural of roba (“adult woman”)

    Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Noun

      rob f

      1. genitive plural of roba (“attire”)

      Romanian

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /rob/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -ob

      Noun

      rob m (plural robi, feminine equivalent roabă)

      1. slave
        Synonym: sclav

      Declension

      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative rob robul robi robii
      genitive-dative rob robului robi robilor
      vocative robule robilor

      Derived terms

      See also

      Further reading

      Serbo-Croatian

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /rôb/

      Noun

      rȍb m anim (Cyrillic spelling ро̏б, female equivalent ròbinja)

      1. slave

      Declension

      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

      References

      • “rob”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

      Slovak

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /rɔp/, [ˈrɔp]
      • Rhymes: -ɔp

      Etymology 1

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

      Noun

      rob m pers

      1. (dialectal) slave
        Synonyms: otrok, nevoľník, (literary) rab
      Declension
      Declension of rob
      (pattern chlap)
      singularplural
      nominativerobrobi
      genitiverobarobov
      dativerobovirobom
      accusativerobarobov
      locativeroboviroboch
      instrumentalrobomrobmi

      References

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

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      rob

      1. second-person singular imperative of robiť

      Slovene

      Etymology 1

      From Proto-Slavic *rǫbъ.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /róːp/

      Noun

      rọ̑b m inan

      1. border, edge
        Synonym: kónec

      Etymology 2

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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /róːp/

      Noun

      rọ̑b m anim

      1. (obsolete) slave
        Synonym: súženj

      Further reading

      • “rob”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

      Spanish

      Etymology

      See arrope.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈrob/ [ˈroβ̞]
      • Rhymes: -ob
      • Syllabification: rob

      Noun

      rob m (plural robes)

      1. fruit syrup

      Further reading

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