# проба
## Belarusian
### Noun

про́ба • (próba) f inan (genitive про́бы, nominative plural про́бы, genitive plural проб)
* 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.
* standard, hallmark

#### Declension

$^1$Used 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: [ˈprɔba]

### Noun

проба • (proba) f (relational adjective пробен)
* rehearsal
* trial, test

#### Declension
### Verb

проба • (proba) third-singular present, pf (imperfective пробува)
* (transitive) to try, test
* (transitive) to taste

#### Conjugation
## 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: [ˈprobə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

про́ба • (próba) f inan (genitive про́бы, nominative plural про́бы, genitive plural проб, relational adjective про́бный)
* trial, test
* assay, sample
* fineness (of precious metal)
* hallmark, assay stamp

#### Derived terms

* про́бовать impf (próbovatʹ), попро́бовать pf (popróbovatʹ)
* про́ба пера́ (próba perá)

#### Related terms

* проби́ровать impf (probírovatʹ)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Probe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prǒːba/
* Hyphenation: про‧ба

### Noun

про́ба f (Latin spelling próba)
* rehearsal
* test, trial

#### Declension
## 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: [ˈprɔbɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

про́ба • (próba) f inan (genitive про́би, nominative plural про́би, genitive plural проб, relational adjective про́бний)
* test, trial, tryout
    Synonyms: випро́бування n (vypróbuvannja), тест m (test)
* assay
* sample, specimen (especially one used for diagnostic analysis)
* fineness, purity, standard (of metal)
* hallmark (on metal)

#### Derived terms

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

### References

* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “проба”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN

### 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)