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		að rabba
supine sagnbót		rabbað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		rabbandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
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.

Related terms

• 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)
• Rhymes: -abba

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

• kålrot (standard Swedish)

Derived terms

• rabbemos

References

• Rotabagge, rabba och stönja. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 1 November 2017.
• rabba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)