рꙑба

See also: рыба

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• Glagolitic: ⱃⱏⰺⰱⰰ (ryba)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba.

Noun

рꙑба • (ryba) f

1. fish

Declension

Declension of рꙑба (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	рꙑба ryba	рꙑбѣ rybě	рꙑбꙑ ryby
genitive	рꙑбꙑ ryby	рꙑбоу rybu	рꙑбъ rybŭ
dative	рꙑбѣ rybě	рꙑбама rybama	рꙑбамъ rybamŭ
accusative	рꙑбѫ rybǫ	рꙑбѣ rybě	рꙑбꙑ ryby
instrumental	рꙑбоѭ rybojǫ	рꙑбама rybama	рꙑбами rybami
locative	рꙑбѣ rybě	рꙑбоу rybu	рꙑбахъ rybaxŭ
vocative	рꙑбо rybo	рꙑбѣ rybě	рꙑбꙑ ryby

Old East Slavic

Рꙑба.

Alternative forms

• риба (riba)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic рꙑба (ryba) and Old Polish ryba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɯbɑ/→/ˈrɯba/→/ˈrɯba/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrɯbɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrɯba/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈrɯba/

• Hyphenation: рꙑ‧ба

Noun

рꙑба (ryba) f (diminutive рꙑбица, related adjective рꙑбьнꙑи or рꙑбии)

1. fish
2. (astrology) Pisces

Declension

Declension of рꙑба (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	рꙑба ryba	рꙑбѣ rybě	рꙑбꙑ ryby
Genitive	рꙑбꙑ ryby	рꙑбу rybu	рꙑбъ rybŭ
Dative	рꙑбѣ rybě	рꙑбама rybama	рꙑбамъ rybamŭ
Accusative	рꙑбѫ rybǫ	рꙑбѣ rybě	рꙑбꙑ ryby
Instrumental	рꙑбоѭ rybojǫ	рꙑбама rybama	рꙑбами rybami
Locative	рꙑбѣ rybě	рꙑбу rybu	рꙑбахъ rybaxŭ
Vocative	рꙑбо rybo	рꙑбѣ rybě	рꙑбꙑ ryby

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: рыба (ryba), риба (riba)
  • Belarusian: ры́ба (rýba)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ры́ба (rŷ́ba)
  • Ukrainian: ри́ба (rýba)
• Russian: ры́ба (rýba)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “рꙑба”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 207