Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

• Glagolitic: ⱃⰰⰱⰵ ‎(rabe)

Noun

рабе ‎(rabe) m

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

     ⰳ҃ⰺ[ⱂⱁⰿⱁⰸⰺ] / ⱃⰰⰱ[ⱆ] / ⰺⱁⱄⰺ[ⱇⱆ]

     Lord help / his servant / Iosif

References

• Савва Михайлович (2012), “22 Древнерусских глаголических надписи-граффити XI–XII веков из Новгорода” in Slovo, vol. 62, pp. 63-99.
• J. Schaeken et al. Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus: Contents and Contexts (INTAS-Project Ref. Nr. 03-51-3867), document № 203.

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 singular of раба́ ‎(rabá)
2. prepositional singular of раба́ ‎(rabá)