rob
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɹɔb/, IPA(key): /ɹɒb/
- (UK) enPR: rŏb, IPA(key): /ɹɒb/
- Rhymes: -ɒb
- (US) enPR: räb, IPA(key): /ɹɑb/
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Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
rob (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, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter I, in Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 1915, →OCLC:
- 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 savour.
- (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 edit
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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Noun edit
rob (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 […] .
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Afar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cushitic *roob- ~ *roop-. Cognates include Iraqw tluuw, Somali róob, Oromo rooba and Saho rob.
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Noun edit
rób m
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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 edit
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rob (plural robbe)
- seal (pinniped)
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- (seal): seehond
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
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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Noun edit
rob 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)
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- ^ Omari, Anila (2012), “rob”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 253-254
Aromanian edit
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Etymology edit
From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”). Compare Daco-Romanian rob.
Noun edit
rob m (plural roghi, feminine equivalent roabã)
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Czech edit
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Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
rob 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.
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
rob f
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
rob
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, 1935–1957
- rob in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
rob m (plural robben, diminutive robbetje n)
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- Afrikaans: rob
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
rob f (plural robben, diminutive robbeken n)
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Further 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 edit
Etymology edit
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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rob (first-person possessive robku, second-person possessive robmu, third-person possessive robnya)
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- “rob” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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rob
- Alternative form of robe
Polish edit
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rob f
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
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)
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Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
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)
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References edit
- “rob” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *õrbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Doublet of rab, a borrowed form.
Noun edit
rob m anim
Declension edit
References edit
- Kálal, Miroslav (1924) Slovenský slovník z literatúry aj nárečí, Banská Bystrica
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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rob
Slovene edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Slavic *rǫbъ.
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Noun edit
rọ̑b m inan
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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rọ̑b m anim
Further reading edit
- “rob”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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Etymology edit
See arrope.
Noun edit
rob m (plural robes)
- fruit syrup
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Further reading edit
- “rob”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014