rubai
See also: ruba'i
English
Alternative forms
- ruba'i
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʿiyy), from أَرْبَعَة (ʾarbaʿa, “four”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹuːˈbʌɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɹuˈbaɪ/
Noun
rubai (plural rubaiyat or rubais)
- quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry
Anagrams
- Aubri
Italian
Verb
rubai
- first-person singular past historic of rubare
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈr͈uvi/
Alternative forms
- ·rubi
- ·ruba
Verb
·rubai
- third-person singular consuetudinal present indicative ro-form, prototonic of at·tá
Related terms
- ro·bí (deuterotonic)
Verb
·rubai
- third-person singular perfect prototonic of benaid
- second-person singular present subjunctive prototonic ro-form of benaid
Related terms
- ro·bí (deuterotonic of the third-person singular perfect)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ·rubai also ·rrubai | ·rubai pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/ | ·rubai also ·rrubai |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʿiyy), from أَرْبَعَة (ʾarbaʿa)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɾʋbɑːˈiː]
- Hyphenation: ru‧ba‧i
Noun
rubai (definite accusative rubaiyi, plural rubailer)
- rubai; quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry
Declension
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| Nominative | rubai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | rubaiyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | rubai | rubailer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | rubaiyi | rubaileri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dative | rubaiye | rubailere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | rubaide | rubailerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ablative | rubaiden | rubailerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | rubainin | rubailerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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