robs
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]robs
- third-person singular simple present indicative of rob
Anagrams
[edit]Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rámbas, according to Pokorny, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *remb- (“to notch, hack”).[1] Cognate with Lithuanian rum̃bas and Proto-Slavic *rǫ̑bъ.
Noun
[edit]robs m (1st declension)
- small deformation on a surface, dent, indentation, notch
- krūzei izsists robs ― the mug has a dent
- ievīlēt zāģī robu ― to make a dent on a saw
- gap, flaw (also figuratively)
- robi zināšanās, mācībās ― gaps in (one's) knowledge, in (one's) education
- ap galdu tagad palieli robi, daļa viesu izgājuši ārā ― now there were gaps around the table, part of the guests had gone outside
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | robs | robi |
| genitive | roba | robu |
| dative | robam | robiem |
| accusative | robu | robus |
| instrumental | robu | robiem |
| locative | robā | robos |
| vocative | rob | robi |
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “864-65”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 864-65