Inherited fromProto-Slavic*ryba, further etymology unknown.
ры́ба• (rýba) f animal (genitiveры́бы,nominative pluralры́бы,genitive pluralрыб)
- fish
- яны́ жыву́ць між сабо́ю якры́ба з вадо́ю ―janý žyvúcʹ miž sabóju jakrýba z vadóju ―they live together amicably (literally, “they live among each other like fish with water”)
Declension ofры́ба (anml hard fem-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
- “рыба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*ryba, further etymology uncertain.
ры́ба• (rýba) f anim orf inan (genitiveры́бы,nominative pluralры́бы,genitive pluralрыб,relational adjectiveры́бныйorры́бий,possessive adjectiveры́бий,diminutiveры́бкаorрыбёшкаorры́бонькаorры́бочкаorры́бица,augmentativeры́бищаorры́бина,pejorativeрыбёхаorрыбчо́нка)
- (animate)fish(as a living animal)
- Meronyms:жа́бры f pl(žábry),плавни́к m(plavník),чешуя́ f(češujá)
- (inanimate)fish(as food)
- сушёнаяры́ба ―sušónajarýba ―driedfish
1880,Салтыков-Щедрин [Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin], “По-родственному”, inГоспода Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl.,The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press,1986:— Ары́ба солё́ная у вас есть?
— Как, су́дарь,ры́бы не быть! осетри́на есть, севрю́жина… Найдё́тсяры́бы — дово́льно!- — Arýba soljónaja u vas jestʹ?
— Kak, súdarʹ,rýby ne bytʹ! osetrína jestʹ, sevrjúžina… Najdjótsjarýby — dovólʹno! - ‘And do you have a bit of pickledfish?’
‘That we do, sir! There’s sturgeon, sevryuga... We’ll find you somefish, as much as you please.’
- (inanimate, dominoes)blockedgame;block
- (inanimate, publishing, music)placeholder,lorem ipsum
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