arb

See also: ARB, Arb., and arƀ

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Arabic.

Symbol

arb

1. (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)

1. (finance, trading) The act of or potential for arbitrage.
2. (countable, finance, trading) One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.
3. (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)

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

Derived terms

• arbable
• arber
• sharbing

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• ar b’ (superseded)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)

1. 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		nach	–
	indirect	ar, arbv
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbv		an	nach
past/conditional
main clause		ba, b’v	níor, níorbhv	ar, arbhv	nár, nárbhv
relative clause	direct	ba, abv	nár, nárbhv	–
	indirect	ar, arbhv
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbhv		ar, arbhv	nár, nárbhv
present subjunctive
–		gura, gurabv	nára, nárabv	–
compound copular forms
base word		present/future		past/conditional
cá		cár, cárbv		cár, cárbhv
cé		cér, cérbv		cér, cérbhv
dá		–		dá mba, dá mb’v
de/do		dar, darbv		dar, darbhv
faoi		faoinar, faoinarbv		faoinar, faoinarbhv
i		inar, inarbv		inar, inarbhv
le		lenar, lenarbv		lenar, lenarbhv
má		más		má ba, má b’v
mura		mura, murabv		murar, murarbhv
ó (preposition)		ónar, ónarbv		ónar, ónarbhv
ó (conjunction)		ós		ó ba, ó b’v
trí		trínar, trínarbv		trínar, trínarbhv

^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

1. 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