"работа" meaning in Serbo-Croatian

See работа in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /rǎbota/
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”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sh|sla-pro|*orbota||hard work, slavery|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *orbota (“hard work, slavery”), {{inh+|sh|sla-pro|*orbota||hard work, slavery}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbota (“hard work, slavery”), {{surf|sh|rábiti|-ota}} By surface analysis, rábiti + -ota, {{cog|de|Arbeit}} German Arbeit, {{cog|nl|arbeid}} Dutch arbeid, {{cog|enm|arveth|t=difficult; hard}} Middle English arveth (“difficult; hard”) Head templates: {{sh-noun|ра̀бота|f}} ра̀бота f (Latin spelling ràbota) Forms: ра̀бота [canonical, feminine], ràbota [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], работа [nominative, singular], работе [nominative, plural], работе [genitive, singular], работа [genitive, plural], работи [dative, singular], работама [dative, plural], работу [accusative, singular], работе [accusative, plural], работо [singular, vocative], работе [plural, vocative], работи [locative, singular], работама [locative, plural], работом [instrumental, singular], работама [instrumental, plural]
  1. (usually derogatory) work, labor, deed, doing Tags: derogatory, usually
    Sense id: en-работа-sh-noun-2eeACrJQ
  2. (informal) any arduous work; drudgery, slog Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-работа-sh-noun-VycSK2g4 Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header, Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -ota Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 3 3 11 9 3 4 4 3 11 11 3 9 20 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 8 8 3 3 3 3 9 9 3 7 36 3 Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header: 16 71 14 Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -ota: 18 65 16
  3. (informal) an unskilled menial job Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-работа-sh-noun-fWUQcmq9
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