# работа
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic работа (rabota), from Proto-Slavic *orbota.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrabotɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ра́бота • (rábota) f (relational adjective рабо́тен)
* work
* job

#### Declension
### References

* “работа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “работа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbota.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrabɔta]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

работа • (rabota) f (plural работи, relational adjective работен)
* work, labor
* job, duty, task
* thing, stuff

#### Declension
### References

* Koneski, Kiril (1999) “работа”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 380
* “работа” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbota.

### Noun

работа • (rabota) f
* servitude
* slavery
** from Slavonic Josephus, kniga 4, 429а:
    поминающе исхода и свобожденїе ѿ египетьскꙑѧ работꙑ.pominajušte isxoda i svoboždenie otŭ egipetĭskyę raboty.[...] remember the Exodus and the liberation from Egyptian slavery.

#### Derived terms

* работание (rabotanie)
* работати (rabotati)
* работина (rabotina)
* работовати (rabotovati)
* работьникъ (rabotĭnikŭ)
* работьница (rabotĭnica)
* работьнъ (rabotĭnŭ)

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic робота (robota), from Proto-Slavic *orbòta. By surface analysis, роби́ть (robítʹ) +‎ -о́та (-óta). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic работа (rabota), whence spelling. Doublet of ро́бот (róbot).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rɐˈbotə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

рабо́та • (rabóta) f inan (genitive рабо́ты, nominative plural рабо́ты, genitive plural рабо́т, relational adjective рабо́чий, diminutive рабо́тка)
* work
    Рабо́та кипи́т. ― Rabóta kipít. ― Work is in full swing.
** 1886, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Иван Матвеич; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Ivan Matveyitch, 1920:— Сади́тесь, сади́тесь, — подгоня́ет учёный, нетерпели́во потира́я ру́ки. — Несно́сный вы челове́к… Зна́ете, что рабо́та сро́чная, и так опа́здываете. Понево́ле брани́ться ста́нешь. Ну, пиши́те… На чём мы останови́лись?— Sadítesʹ, sadítesʹ, — podgonjájet učónyj, neterpelívo potirája rúki. — Nesnósnyj vy čelovék… Znájete, što rabóta sróčnaja, i tak opázdyvajete. Ponevóle branítʹsja stánešʹ. Nu, pišíte… Na čom my ostanovílisʹ?"Sit down, sit down," the man of learning urges him on, rubbing his hands impatiently. "You are an unsufferable person. . . . You know the work has to be finished by a certain time, and then you are so late. One is forced to scold you. Come, write, . . . Where did we stop?"
* labor, toil
* assignment, task
    кропотли́вая рабо́та ― kropotlívaja rabóta ― laborious task
* job, occupation

#### Synonyms

* труд m (trud)

#### Derived terms

* работёнка f (rabotjónka)
* непы́льная рабо́та f (nepýlʹnaja rabóta)

#### Related terms

* рабо́тать (rabótatʹ)
* рабо́тник (rabótnik), рабо́тница (rabótnica)

#### Descendants

* → Akkala Sami: роббот (robbot)
* → Eastern Khanty: рӑпөта (răpøta)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbota (“hard work, slavery”). By surface analysis, rábiti +‎ -ota. Cognate with German Arbeit, Dutch arbeid, and Middle English arveth (“difficult; hard”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rǎbota/
* Hyphenation: ра‧бо‧та

### Noun

ра̀бота f (Latin spelling ràbota)
* (usually derogatory) work, labor, deed, doing

#### Declension
### References

* “работа”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025