See also: roba, robá, robà, robā, robă, robą, róbà, and rōba

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Robe, from French robe, from Frankish *rauba. It seems also related to German Raub (plunder, loot), so it originally probably meant "seized clothes".[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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róba f

  1. female evening dress, evening gown

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References

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  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “róba”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 596

Further reading

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  • róba”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • róba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old French robe, robbe, reube (booty, spoils of war, robe, garment) (possibly via English robe), from Frankish *rouba, *rauba (booty, spoils, stolen clothes, literally things taken), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (booty, that which is stripped or carried away), from Proto-Indo-European *rewp- (to tear, peel).

Noun

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róba m (genitive singular róba, nominative plural róbaí)

  1. gown, robe
    Synonym: gúna

Declension

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Declension of róba (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative róba róbaí
vocative a róba a róbaí
genitive róba róbaí
dative róba róbaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an róba na róbaí
genitive an róba na róbaí
dative leis an róba
don róba
leis na róbaí

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Robe, from French robe, from Frankish *rauba. It seems also related to German Raub (plunder, loot), so it originally probably meant "seized clothes".

Pronunciation

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Noun

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róba f

  1. female evening dress, evening gown

Declension

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Further reading

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  • róba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024