рабе

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

• Glagolitic: ⱃⰰⰱⰵ (rabe)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ), from Proto-Slavic *õrbъ.

Noun

рабе • (rabe) m

1. servant, slave
   • c. 1045, Iosif, graffito in St. Sophia cathedral:

     ⰳ҃ⰺ[ⱂⱁⰿⱁⰸⰺ] / ⱃⰰⰱ[ⱆ] / ⰺⱁⱄⰺ[ⱇⱆ]

     g:i[pomozi] / rab[u] / iosi[fu]

     Lord help / his servant / Iosif

References

• Mikheev, S. M. (2012) “22 Древнерусских глаголических надписи-граффити XI–XII веков из Новгорода”, in Slovo (in Russian), volume 62, Zagreb, page 63‒99
• “рабу (letter no. 203)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈbʲe]

Etymology 1

Noun

рабе́ • (rabé) m anim

1. prepositional singular of раб (rab)

Etymology 2

Noun

рабе́ • (rabé) f anim

1. dative/prepositional singular of раба́ (rabá)