rabba

See also: rabbá

Hungarian

Etymology

rab +‎ -ba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɒbːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: rab‧ba

Noun

rabba

  1. illative singular of rab

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrapːa/
  • Rhymes: -apːa

Verb

rabba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rabbaði, supine rabbað)

  1. (intransitive) to chat, to make small talk
    Synonym: masa

Conjugation

rabba – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur rabba
supine sagnbót rabbað
present participle
rabbandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég rabba rabbaði rabbi rabbaði
þú rabbar rabbaðir rabbir rabbaðir
hann, hún, það rabbar rabbaði rabbi rabbaði
plural við röbbum röbbuðum röbbum röbbuðum
þið rabbið röbbuðuð rabbið röbbuðuð
þeir, þær, þau rabba röbbuðu rabbi röbbuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú rabba (þú), rabbaðu
plural þið rabbið (þið), rabbiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
  • rabb (chit-chat, small talk)

Maltese

Root
r-b-j
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَبَّى (rabbā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrab.ba/
  • Homophone: rabba’ (except archaically)

Verb

rabba (imperfect jrabbi, past participle mrobbi, verbal noun trobbija)

  1. to bring up, rear, raise, educate (a child)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rabba (Form II)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m rabbejt rabbejt rabba rabbejna rabbejtu rabbew
f rabbiet
imperfect m nrabbi trabbi jrabbi nrabbu trabbu jrabbu
f trabbi
imperative rabbi rabbu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m rabbejtx rabbejtx rabbiex rabbejniex rabbejtux rabbewx
f rabbietx
imperfect m nrabbix trabbix jrabbix nrabbux trabbux jrabbux
f trabbix
imperative trabbix trabbux

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

rabba (singular past indicative rabbaði, plural past indicative rabbaðu, past participle rabbaðr)

  1. to mumble

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “rabba”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Etymology

Likely an alteration of the second element of kålrabbi, from German Kohlrabi, from Italian cavolo rapa, doublet of rova.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²raba/

Noun

rabba c

  1. (Scania) rutabaga, swede

Declension

Declension of rabba
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rabba rabbas
definite rabban rabbans
plural indefinite rabbor rabbors
definite rabborna rabbornas

Synonyms

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