рябий

Ukrainian

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): [rʲɐˈbɪi̯]
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Adjective

ряби́й • (rjabýj)

  1. speckled
  2. pitted, pocked, pockmarked

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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