رب

See also: رپ, زب, and رث

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *rabb-, from the root ر ب ب (r-b-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rab.ba/

Verb

رَبَّ (rabba) I, non-past يَرُبُّ‎ (yarubbu)

  1. to be master, to be lord
  2. to have possession, to gather, to control
  3. to have authority over, to govern
  4. to impact, to comprise, to contain
  5. to collect, to congregate
  6. to grow, to increase, to become greater
Conjugation

Verb

رَبَّ (rabba) I, non-past يَرُبُّ‎ (yarubbu)

  1. to bring up, to raise (a child)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *rabb-, from the root ر ب ب (r-b-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rabb/

Noun

رَبّ (rabb) m (plural أَرْبَاب (ʾarbāb))

  1. verbal noun of رَبَّ (rabba) (form I)
  2. master, lord, king, sovereign, potentate
    الرَّبّ (ar-rabb, God, Lord)
    رَبّ الْعَائِلَة (rabb al-ʿāʾila, paterfamilias)
  3. leader, chief, head
    رَبّ بَحْرِيّ (rabb baḥriyy, seaman (naval rank))
  4. owner, proprietor
  5. (with a following genitive) one possessed of, one endowed with
  6. (with a following genitive) having to do with
Declension

Descendants

Etymology 3

From the root ر ب ب (r-b-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rubb/

Noun

رُبّ (rubb) m (plural رِبَاب (ribāb) or رُبُوب (rubūb))

  1. thickened fruit juice, thickened juice
  2. mash, pulp
Declension
See also
  • مُرَبَّب (murabbab, jam, marmalade)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

From Proto-Semitic *rabb-, from the root ر ب ب (r-b-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rub.ba/

Adjective

رُبَّ (rubba)

  1. (with a following indefinite genitive) many
    رُبَّ رَجُلٍ (rubba rajulin, many a man)
    رُبَّ مَرَّةٍ (rubba marratin, many a time)
Declension

Indeclinable, followed by the indefinite genitive singular.

Adverb

رُبَّ (rubba)

  1. likely, perhaps, mayhap, potentially

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rab.bi/

Verb

رَبِّ (rabbi) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of رَبَّى (rabbā)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), رب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic رَبّ (rabb).

Noun

Dari Persian رب
Iranian Persian رب
Tajiki Persian рабб (rabb)

رب (rabb)

  1. master
  2. lord

Proper noun

Dari Persian رب
Iranian Persian رب
Tajiki Persian Рабб (Rabb)

رب (Rabb)

  1. Lord
  2. God

Etymology 2

From Arabic رُبّ (rubb).

Noun

رب (robb)

  1. tomato sauce

Punjabi

Etymology

From Persian رب (rabb), from Arabic رَبّ (rabb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəbb/

Noun

رب (rabb) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਰੱਬ)

  1. God

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic رَبّ (rabb).

Noun

رب (rab) m (Hindi spelling रब)

  1. God

Synonyms

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