raban

See also: Raban

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈrapan/

Verb

raban

1. first-person singular present indicative of rahpat

Old High German

Alternative forms

• hraban, hram, ram, rabo, rappo

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, whence also Old Saxon hravan, hraƀan, Old English hræfn, Old Dutch ravo, Old Norse hrafn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.

Noun

raban m

1. raven

Declension

Declension of hraban (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	hraban	hrabana
accusative	hraban	hrabana
genitive	hrabanes	hrabano
dative	hrabane	hrabanum
instrumental	hrabanu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: raben, ram; rabe, rab, rappe, rapp; rauen (plural; Niederrheinisch)
  • Alemannic German: Rapp
  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Raab, Raaf

    Luxembourgish: Ramm

  • German: Rabe
  • Rhine Franconian: Rab, Ramm, Rapp

    Frankfurterisch: [ʀɑːp]

  • Yiddish: ראָב (rob)

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from German rauben. The influence of dialectal German (g)rabanzen, whence dialectal Czech rablovat, rab(l)ancovat, cannot be ruled out.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ban/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aban
• Syllabification: ra‧ban

Noun

raban m inan

1. (colloquial) ruckus; noise

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hałas

2. (colloquial) commotion

Declension

Declension of raban

	singular
nominative	raban
genitive	rabanu
dative	rabanowi
accusative	raban
instrumental	rabanem
locative	rabanie
vocative	rabanie

Derived terms

verb

• rabanić impf

 

Further reading

• raban in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• raban in Polish dictionaries at PWN