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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Noun
rúibric f (genitive singular rúibrice, nominative plural rúibricí)
- rubric, heading
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ruibric”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rúibric”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “rúibric” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “rúibric” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.