рябой

See also: рабой

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rʲɪˈboj]

Adjective

рябо́й • (rjabój) (comparative (по)рябе́е or (по)рябе́й)

  1. pitted, pocked, pockmarked
  2. speckled

Usage notes

  • A special short form is found in the name of the fairy-tale character Ку́рочка Ря́ба (literally Speckled Hen). This form is an old short attributive feminine singular.

Declension

References

  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
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