رباني
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ر ب ب (r-b-b) |
Etymology
Relative adjective (nisba) composed of رَبّ (rabb, “lord; god”) + ـَانـ (-ān-) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rab.baː.nijj/
Adjective
رَبَّانِيّ • (rabbāniyy) (feminine رَبَّانِيَّة (rabbāniyya), masculine plural رَبَّانِيُّونَ (rabbāniyyūna), feminine plural رَبَّانِيَّات (rabbāniyyāt))
- divine
- Synonym: إِلٰهِيّ (ʾilāhiyy)
- 10th-11th century CE, ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, الفتح الرباني والفيض الرحماني [Divine Knowledge and Inflowing]:
- وَيَأْتِي ٱلْعِلْمُ ٱلرَّبَّانِيُّ ٱلْإِلٰهِيُّ فَيَصِيرُ قَمِيصًا عَلَى قَلْبِكَ وَسِرِّكَ
- wa-yaʾtī l-ʿilmu r-rabbāniyyu l-ʾilāhiyyu fa-yaṣīru qamīṣan ʿalā qalbika wa-sirrika
- Then divine knowledge settles in, and it becomes a robe around your heart and your core.
- (of a person) God-fearing; godly
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:79:
- مَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُؤْتِيَهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكِتَابَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ لِلنَّاسِ كُونُوا عِبَادًا لِي مِنْ دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلٰكِن كُونُوا رَبَّانِيِّينَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلْكِتَابَ وَبِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ
- mā kāna li-bašarin ʾan yuʾtiyahu l-lahu l-kitāba wa-l-ḥukma wa-n-nubuwwata ṯumma yaqūla li-n-nāsi kūnū ʿibādan lī min dūni l-lahi wa-lākin kūnū rabbāniyyīna bi-mā kuntum tuʿallimūna l-kitāba wabi-mā kuntum tadrusūna
- No man whom God gifts with scriptures, wisdom, and prophecy would say to people, "Be worshipers of me, not God," and not "Be godly, through what you have taught about the scriptures and what you have studied."
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Declension
Declension of adjective رَبَّانِيّ (rabbāniyy)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | رَبَّانِي rabbānī | الرَّبَّانِي ar-rabbānī | رَبَّانِيَّة rabbāniyya | الرَّبَّانِيَّة ar-rabbāniyya |
| Nominative | رَبَّانِيٌّ rabbāniyyun | الرَّبَّانِيُّ ar-rabbāniyyu | رَبَّانِيَّةٌ rabbāniyyatun | الرَّبَّانِيَّةُ ar-rabbāniyyatu |
| Accusative | رَبَّانِيًّا rabbāniyyan | الرَّبَّانِيَّ ar-rabbāniyya | رَبَّانِيَّةً rabbāniyyatan | الرَّبَّانِيَّةَ ar-rabbāniyyata |
| Genitive | رَبَّانِيٍّ rabbāniyyin | الرَّبَّانِيِّ ar-rabbāniyyi | رَبَّانِيَّةٍ rabbāniyyatin | الرَّبَّانِيَّةِ ar-rabbāniyyati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | رَبَّانِيَّيْن rabbāniyyayn | الرَّبَّانِيَّيْن ar-rabbāniyyayn | رَبَّانِيَّتَيْن rabbāniyyatayn | الرَّبَّانِيَّتَيْن ar-rabbāniyyatayn |
| Nominative | رَبَّانِيَّانِ rabbāniyyāni | الرَّبَّانِيَّانِ ar-rabbāniyyāni | رَبَّانِيَّتَانِ rabbāniyyatāni | الرَّبَّانِيَّتَانِ ar-rabbāniyyatāni |
| Accusative | رَبَّانِيَّيْنِ rabbāniyyayni | الرَّبَّانِيَّيْنِ ar-rabbāniyyayni | رَبَّانِيَّتَيْنِ rabbāniyyatayni | الرَّبَّانِيَّتَيْنِ ar-rabbāniyyatayni |
| Genitive | رَبَّانِيَّيْنِ rabbāniyyayni | الرَّبَّانِيَّيْنِ ar-rabbāniyyayni | رَبَّانِيَّتَيْنِ rabbāniyyatayni | الرَّبَّانِيَّتَيْنِ ar-rabbāniyyatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | رَبَّانِيِّين rabbāniyyīn | الرَّبَّانِيِّين ar-rabbāniyyīn | رَبَّانِيَّات rabbāniyyāt | الرَّبَّانِيَّات ar-rabbāniyyāt |
| Nominative | رَبَّانِيُّونَ rabbāniyyūna | الرَّبَّانِيُّونَ ar-rabbāniyyūna | رَبَّانِيَّاتٌ rabbāniyyātun | الرَّبَّانِيَّاتُ ar-rabbāniyyātu |
| Accusative | رَبَّانِيِّينَ rabbāniyyīna | الرَّبَّانِيِّينَ ar-rabbāniyyīna | رَبَّانِيَّاتٍ rabbāniyyātin | الرَّبَّانِيَّاتِ ar-rabbāniyyāti |
| Genitive | رَبَّانِيِّينَ rabbāniyyīna | الرَّبَّانِيِّينَ ar-rabbāniyyīna | رَبَّانِيَّاتٍ rabbāniyyātin | الرَّبَّانِيَّاتِ ar-rabbāniyyāti |