Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [rʲɐˈbɪi̯]
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Adjective edit

ряби́й (rjabýj)

  1. speckled
  2. pitted, pocked, pockmarked

Declension edit

References edit

  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 edit