Inherited fromOld Church Slavonicработа(rabota), fromProto-Slavic*orbota.
ра́бота• (rábota) f (relational adjectiveрабо́тен)
- work
- job
- “работа”, inРечник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,2014
- “работа”, inРечник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian),Chitanka,2010
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*orbota.
работа• (rabota) f (pluralработи,relational adjectiveработен)
- work,labor
- job,duty,task
- thing,stuff
- Koneski, Kiril (1999), “работа”, inПравописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page380
- “работа” inДигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Old Church Slavonic
[edit]Inherited fromProto-Slavic*orbota.
работа• (rabota) f
- servitude
- slavery
- fromSlavonic Josephus, kniga 4, 429а:
поминающе исхода и свобожденїе ѿ египетьскꙑѧработꙑ.- pominajušte isxoda i svoboždenije otŭ egipetĭskyjęraboty.
- [...] remember the Exodus and the liberation from Egyptianslavery.
Inherited fromOld East Slavicробота(robota), fromProto-Slavic*orbòta. Bysurface analysis,роби́ть(robítʹ) +-о́та(-óta). Cognate withOld Church Slavonicработа(rabota), whence spelling.Doublet ofро́бот(róbot).
рабо́та• (rabóta) f inan (genitiveрабо́ты,nominative pluralрабо́ты,genitive pluralрабо́т,relational adjectiveрабо́чий,diminutiveрабо́тка)
- work
- Рабо́такипи́т. ―Rabóta kipít. ―Work is in full swing.
1886,Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov],Иван Матвеич; English translation fromConstance Garnett, transl.,Ivan Matveyitch,1920:— Сади́тесь, сади́тесь, — подгоня́ет учёный, нетерпели́во потира́я ру́ки. — Несно́сный вы челове́к… Зна́ете, чторабо́та сро́чная, и так опа́здываете. Понево́ле брани́ться ста́нешь. Ну, пиши́те… На чём мы останови́лись?- — Sadítesʹ, sadítesʹ, — podgonjájet učónyj, neterpelívo potirája rúki. — Nesnósnyj vy čelovék… Znájete, štorabóta sróčnaja, i tak opázdyvajete. Ponevóle branítʹsja stánešʹ. Nu, pišíte… Na čom my ostanovílisʹ?
- "Sit down, sit down," the man of learning urges him on, rubbing his hands impatiently. "You are an unsufferable person. . . . You know thework has to be finished by a certain time, and then you are so late. One is forced to scold you. Come, write, . . . Where did we stop?"
- labor,toil
- assignment,task
- кропотли́ваярабо́та ―kropotlívajarabóta ―laborioustask
- job,occupation
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*orbota(“hard work, slavery”). Bysurface analysis,rábiti +-ota. Cognate withGermanArbeit,Dutcharbeid, andMiddle Englisharveth(“difficult; hard”).
- IPA(key): /rǎbota/
- Hyphenation:ра‧бо‧та
ра̀бота f (Latin spellingràbota)
- (usually derogatory)work,labor,deed,doing
- (informal) any arduous work;drudgery,slog
- (informal) anunskilledmenialjob
- “работа”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025