arb

See also: ARB, Arb., and arƀ

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Arabic.

Symbol

arb

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Standard Arabic.

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)b

Noun

arb (countable and uncountable, plural arbs)

(finance, trading) The act of or potential for arbitrage.
(countable, finance, trading) One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.
(countable, informal) An arboretum.
- 2005, Adam Zang, Jendrey Julie, Chris Mason, Carleton College:
  Just don't be too scared when you hear rumors of sacrificial ceremonies in the Arb […]

Verb

arb (third-person singular simple present arbs, present participle arbing, simple past and past participle arbed)

(finance, trading, transitive) To engage in arbitrage.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Rab, Bra, ABR, bra, bar-, bar, BAR, RBA, Bar, abr., Bar.

Irish

Alternative forms

ar (used before consonant sounds)
ar b’ (superseded)

Particle

arb (copular form used before adjective, adverb, or pronoun beginning with vowels)

Introduces an indirect relative clause; present/future tense
duine arb ionann é agus gach duine eile ― a person who is the same as everyone else

duine arb as an mbaile céanna leat féin é ― a person who is from the same town as yourself

an fear arb é a mhac an t-iascaire ― the man whose son is the fisherman

Related terms

Irish copular forms
simple copular forms
		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
present/future
main clause		is	ní	an	nach
relative clause	direct	is	nach	–
relative clause	indirect	ar, arb^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur, gurb^v		an	nach
past/conditional
main clause		ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
relative clause	direct	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v	–
relative clause	indirect	ar, arbh^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
present subjunctive
–		gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v	–

compound copular forms
base word		present/future		past/conditional
cá		cár, cárb^v		cár, cárbh^v
cé		cér, cérb^v		cér, cérbh^v
dá		–		dá mba, dá mb’^v
de/do		dar, darb^v		dar, darbh^v
faoi		faoinar, faoinarb^v		faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i		inar, inarb^v		inar, inarbh^v
le		lenar, lenarb^v		lenar, lenarbh^v
má		más		má ba, má b’^v
mura		mura, murab^v		murar, murarbh^v
ó (preposition)		ónar, ónarb^v		ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conjunction)		ós		ó ba, ó b’^v
trí		trínar, trínarb^v		trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arpa.

Noun

arb

lot, fate, destiny

Declension

Inflection of arb (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	arb
genitive sing.	arban
partitive sing.	arbad
partitive plur.	arboid
	singular	plural
nominative	arb	arbad
accusative	arban	arbad
genitive	arban	arboiden
partitive	arbad	arboid
essive-instructive	arban	arboin
translative	arbaks	arboikš

inessive	arbas	arboiš
elative	arbaspäi	arboišpäi
illative	arbaha	arboihe

adessive	arbal	arboil
ablative	arbalpäi	arboilpäi
allative	arbale	arboile

abessive	arbata	arboita
comitative	arbanke	arboidenke
prolative	arbadme	arboidme

approximative I	arbanno	arboidenno
approximative II	arbannoks	arboidennoks
egressive	arbannopäi	arboidennopäi

terminative I	arbahasai	arboihesai
terminative II	arbalesai	arboilesai
terminative III	arbassai	—

additive I	arbahapäi	arboihepäi
additive II	arbalepäi	arboilepäi