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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy).
Pronunciation
Noun
rubai (plural rubaiyat or rubais)
- (poetry) A quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry.
Translations
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
rubai
- first-person singular past historic of rubare
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
·rubai
- third-person singular habitual present indicative ro-form prototonic of at·tá
Etymology 2
Verb
·rubai
- inflection of benaid:
- third-person singular perfect prototonic
- second-person singular present subjunctive prototonic ro-form
Mutation
Mutation of rubai
radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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·rubai also ·rrubai
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·rubai pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Romanian
Noun
rubai n (plural rubaie)
- Alternative form of rubaiat
Declension
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy), from أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ru‧ba‧i
Noun
rubai (definite accusative rubaiyi, plural rubailer)
- rubai; quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry
Declension