See also: рꙑба and риба

Belarusian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba, further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɨba]
  • (file)

Noun edit

ры́ба (rýbaf animal (genitive ры́бы, nominative plural ры́бы, genitive plural рыб)

  1. fish
    яны́ жыву́ць між сабо́ю як ры́ба з вадо́юjaný žyvúcʹ miž sabóju jak rýba z vadójuthey live together amicably (literally, “they live among each other like fish with water”)

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References edit

  • рыба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba, further etymology uncertain.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ры́ба (rýbaf anim or f inan (genitive ры́бы, nominative plural ры́бы, genitive plural рыб, relational adjective ры́бный or ры́бий, diminutive ры́бка or рыбёшка or ры́бонька or ры́бица, augmentative ры́бища, pejorative рыбёха or рыбчо́нка)

  1. (animate) fish (as a living animal)
  2. (inanimate) fish (as food)
    сушёная ры́баsušónaja rýbadried fish
    • 1880, Салтыков-Щедрин, “По-родственному”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:
      — А рыба солёная у вас есть?
      — Как, сударь, рыбы не быть! осетрина есть, севрюжина… Найдётся рыбы — довольно!
      — A ryba soljónaja u vas jestʹ?
      — Kak, sudarʹ, ryby ne bytʹ! osetrina jestʹ, sevrjužina… Najdjótsja ryby — dovolʹno!
      ‘And do you have a bit of pickled fish?’
      ‘That we do, sir! There’s sturgeon, sevryuga... We’ll find you some fish, as much as you please.’
  3. (inanimate, dominoes) blocked game; block
  4. (inanimate, publishing, music) placeholder, lorem ipsum

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