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Meaning of "șerb" in the Romanian dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ȘERB

șerb (-bi), s. m.1. Sclav, rob. – 2. Iobag. Lat. sĕrvus ([Pușcariu 1581; REW 7876), cf. it., port. servo, prov. ser, fr. serf, sp. siervo.Der. șerbi (megl. sirbés, sirbiri), vb. (a se găsi în situația de șerb), din lat. sĕrvῑre (Pușcariu 1582; cf. REW 7874); șerbie (var. șerbire), s. f. (sclavie; servitute); ș(e)arbă, s. f. (femeie iobagă). Serbi este dubletul lui servi, vb., din fr. servir, cu der. (din fr.) servantă, s. f.; serviabil, adj.; serviciu, s. n.; servietă, s. f.; servil, adj.; servilism, s. n.; servitor, s. m.; servitoare, s. f.; servitudine, s. f. Serv (var. servus), s. m. „servitorul dumneavostră”, ca formulă de curtoazie vine din germ. Servus. Deservi, vb. (a servi, a face serviciul de comunicare; a aduce prejudicii, a defavoriza), din fr. desservir, der. desert, s. n., din fr. dessert; deservant, s. m. (econom). Șervet, s. n. (prosop; bucată de pînză), dubletul lui servietă, cf. mr. șărvetă „batistă”, alb. šërvetë, indică o evoluție fonetică greșit explicată, cf. it. salvettamag. szalvetaTrans. salvet (Gáldi, Dict., 156), ngr. σερβέτα.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ȘERB IN ROMANIAN

șerb


WHAT DOES ȘERB MEAN IN ROMANIAN?

Serf

Serpent is the name under which the peasant-dependent feudal lord was known in Transylvania between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries. The serpents were different from the slaves in that the latter could be bought and sold without any connection to the piece of land, while the serpents changed their masters only when the land they were working in came into the possession of someone else.

Definition of șerb in the Romanian dictionary

sera s. m., pl. serfs

ROMANIAN WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ȘERB

hierb

ROMANIAN WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ȘERB

șerán · șerardizá · șerardizáre · șerbăluí · șerbegí-báșă · șerbegiríe · șerbegíu · șerbésc · șerbéște · șerbét · șerbetár · șerbetélniță · șerbeti · șerbetiéră · șerbí · șerbíe · șerbíre · șerbít · șerbitór · șercán

ROMANIAN WORDS THAT END LIKE ȘERB

absórb · acérb · advérb · antimonovérb · antovérb · bivérb · carb · curb · hârb · hîrb · ilustrivérb · imbérb · monovérb · orb · prevérb · provérb · scorb · scârb · sinovérb · sârb

Synonyms and antonyms of șerb in the Romanian dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ȘERB» IN ROMANIAN

The following Romanian words have a similar or identical meaning as «șerb» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «șerb» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ȘERB

Find out the translation of șerb to 25 languages with our Romanian multilingual translator.

The translations of șerb from Romanian to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «șerb» in Romanian.
zh

Translator Romanian - Chinese

农奴
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator Romanian - Spanish

siervo
570 millions of speakers
en

Translator Romanian - English

serf
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator Romanian - Hindi

कम्मी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Romanian - Arabic

عبد الأرض
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator Romanian - Russian

крепостной
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator Romanian - Portuguese

servo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator Romanian - Bengali

ক্রীতদাসবৎ দায়াবদ্ধ কৃযক
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator Romanian - French

serf
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator Romanian - Malay

serf
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator Romanian - German

Leibeigene
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator Romanian - Japanese

農奴
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator Romanian - Korean

농노
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator Romanian - Javanese

abdi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Romanian - Vietnamese

nông nô
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator Romanian - Tamil

அடிமை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator Romanian - Marathi

serf
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator Romanian - Turkish

serf
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator Romanian - Italian

servo della gleba
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator Romanian - Polish

chłop pańszczyźniany
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator Romanian - Ukrainian

кріпосної
40 millions of speakers
ro

Romanian

șerb
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator Romanian - Greek

δουλοπάροικος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Romanian - Afrikaans

lyfeiene
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Romanian - Swedish

livegen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Romanian - Norwegian

livegne
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of șerb

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ȘERB»

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Examples of use in the Romanian literature, quotes and news about șerb

EXAMPLES

10 ROMANIAN BOOKS RELATING TO «ȘERB»

Discover the use of șerb in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to șerb and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Romanian literature.
1
The Serbs: History, Myth, and the Destruction of Yugoslavia
In this challenging new book, Timothy Judah, who covered the war years in former Yugoslavia for the London Times and the Economist, argues that neither is true.
Tim Judah, 2000
2
Serbian Sturgeon: Journal of a Visit to Belgrade
The work of Marina Abramovic and Ulay, Braco Dimitrijevic and others made an impact at the Biennales of Paris and Sydney; the articles of Zoran Popovic were cited by Art & Language; and many important figures such as Joseph Beuys, Joseph ...
Anthony Howell, 2001
3
Contested Nationalism: Serb Elite Rivalry in Croatia and ...
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Serb politics and challenges widespread assumptions regarding the Yugoslav conflict and war.
Nina Caspersen, 2010
4
Serbian Orthodox Fundamentals: The Quest for an Eternal ...
Annotation A comprehensive exposition of the interaction of a national and a religious content, in the formation of a distinctive national identity and a mode of being.
Christos Mylonas, 2003
5
Serbian: An Essential Grammar - Pagina 5
group as an administratively separate community, even though, in many ways, the Serbian nation was placed under pressure to abide by Muslim social order. From the middle of the fifteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century, ...
Lila Hammond, 2005
6
The Serbs - Pagina xvi
Introduction: Time,. Space,. and. People. Ever since the loss of belief in a “spirit of the nation,” in origin and language as an essential and enduring characteristic of national identity, it has become more difficult to shed light on the creation and ...
Sima M. Cirkovic, 2008
7
The Serbian Project and Its Adversaries: A Strategy of War ...
By the time the Croatians had reestablished control over most of their country, the balance had also tipped against the Serbian campaign in Bosnia and Hercegovina.The two campaigns were complementary. In some ways this mirrored the ...
James Gow, 2003
8
The Serbian Language in the Digital Age - Pagina 48
It was formed on the basis of Ekavian and Ijekavian Neo-Štokavian South Slavic dialects and its form wasdeterminedbythereformer ofthewrittenlanguage of the Serbs Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864), who at the same time reformed both the Cyrillic ...
Georg Rehm, ‎Hans Uszkoreit, 2012
9
The Revolt of the Serbs Against the Turks: (1804-1813) - Pagina xxii
between the Serbian leaders that to a certain extent contributed to the ultimate failure of the Revolt, are but lightly touched on if at all. In the spring of I 809 Russia declared war on Turkey, and at the same time the Serbs once more took up arms ...
W. A. Morison, 2012
10
The spirit of the Serb - Pagina 10
R W. Seton-Watson. In this connexion I cannot help quoting another thoroughly characteristic incident which also occurred at the same low ebb of Serbia's fortunes. General Stepanovié, one of Serbia's ablest generals, had been made a ...
R W. Seton-Watson, 1916
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Șerb [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-ro/serb>. Jun 2026 ».
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