проба

Belarusian

Noun

про́ба • (próba) f inan (genitive про́бы, nominative plural про́бы, genitive plural проб)

1. trial, test
   • Засценак Малінаўка, a novel by Arkadzʹ Čarnyšėvič (Аркадзь Чарнышэвіч), 1964

     Андрэ́й прабава́ў і сам се́яць, але́ гэ́та і сапраўды́ была́ то́лькі про́ба.

     Andréj prabaváŭ i sam sjéjacʹ, aljé héta i sapraŭdý bylá tólʹki próba.

     Andrey also tried to sow himself, but in fact it turned out to be only a try.

2. standard, hallmark

Declension

Declension of про́ба (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	про́ба próba	про́бы próby
genitive	про́бы próby	проб prob
dative	про́бе próbje	про́бам próbam
accusative	про́бу próbu	про́бы próby
instrumental	про́бай, про́баю próbaj, próbaju	про́бамі próbami
locative	про́бе próbje	про́бах próbax
count form	—	про́бы1 próby1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “проба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔba]

Noun

проба • (proba) f (relational adjective пробен)

1. rehearsal
2. trial, test

Declension

Declension of проба

	singular	plural
indefinite	проба	проби
definite unspecified	пробата	пробите
definite proximal	пробава	пробиве
definite distal	пробана	пробине
vocative	пробо	проби

Verb

проба • (proba) third-singular present, pf (imperfective пробува)

1. (transitive) to try, test
2. (transitive) to taste

Conjugation

Conjugation of проба (perfective, present in -а)

l-participles	imperfect	aorist	non-finite forms
masculine	пробал	пробал	adjectival participle	пробан
feminine	пробала	пробала	adverbial participle	—
neuter	пробало	пробало	verbal noun	—
plural	пробале	пробале	perfect participle	пробано
	present	imperfect	aorist	imperative
1st singular	пробам	пробав	пробав	—
2nd singular	пробаш	пробаше	проба	пробај
3rd singular	проба	пробаше	проба	—
1st plural	пробаме	пробавме	пробавме	—
2nd plural	пробате	пробавте	пробавте	пробајте
3rd plural	пробаат	пробаа	пробаа	—
Compound tenses
perfect	сум пробал		present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + aorist l-participle
има-perfect	имам пробано		present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect	бев пробал		imperfect of сум + aorist l-participle
има-pluperfect	имав пробано		imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported	сум имал пробано		perfect of има + perfect participle
future	ќе пробам		ќе + present
има-future	ќе имам пробано		future of има + perfect participle
future in the past	ќе пробав		ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past	ќе имав пробано		future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported	ќе сум пробал		ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported	ќе сум имал пробано		future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional	би пробал		би + aorist l-participle
има-conditional	би имал пробано		conditional of има + perfect participle

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish próba or German Probe, from Medieval Latin proba, from Latin probō, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰH-wó-s (“being in front”), from *pro- (“forward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprobə]

• Audio:

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Noun

про́ба • (próba) f inan (genitive про́бы, nominative plural про́бы, genitive plural проб, relational adjective про́бный)

1. trial, test
2. assay, sample
3. standard, hallmark

Declension

Declension of про́ба (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	про́ба próba	про́бы próby
genitive	про́бы próby	про́б prób
dative	про́бе próbe	про́бам próbam
accusative	про́бу próbu	про́бы próby
instrumental	про́бой, про́бою próboj, próboju	про́бами próbami
prepositional	про́бе próbe	про́бах próbax

Related terms

• про́бовать impf (próbovatʹ), попро́бовать pf (popróbovatʹ)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Probe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǒːba/
• Hyphenation: про‧ба

Noun

про́ба f (Latin spelling próba)

1. rehearsal
2. test, trial

Declension

Declension of проба

	singular	plural
nominative	проба	пробе
genitive	пробе	проба
dative	проби	пробама
accusative	пробу	пробе
vocative	пробо	пробе
locative	проби	пробама
instrumental	пробом	пробама

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish próba or German Probe, from Medieval Latin proba, from Latin probō, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰH-wó-s (“being in front”), from *pro- (“forward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔbɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

про́ба • (próba) f inan (genitive про́би, nominative plural про́би, genitive plural проб, relational adjective про́бний)

1. test, trial, tryout

   Synonyms: випро́бування n (vypróbuvannja), тест m (test)

2. assay
3. sample, specimen (especially one used for diagnostic analysis)
4. fineness, purity, standard (of metal)
5. hallmark (on metal)

Declension

Declension of про́ба (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	про́ба próba	про́би próby
genitive	про́би próby	проб prob
dative	про́бі próbi	про́бам próbam
accusative	про́бу próbu	про́би próby
instrumental	про́бою próboju	про́бами próbamy
locative	про́бі próbi	про́бах próbax
vocative	про́бо próbo	про́би próby

Derived terms

• про́бування n (próbuvannja)
• про́бувати impf (próbuvaty), попро́бувати pf (popróbuvaty)
• спро́ба f (spróba)
• спро́бувати pf (spróbuvaty)

 

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “проба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “проба”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “проба”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “проба”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “проба”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “проба”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)