arb

See also: ARB and Arb.

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)b

Noun

arb (plural arbs)

(finance, trading) One who engages in arbitrage, an arbitrageur.
(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 […]

Anagrams

ABR, Bar, Bar., Rab, abr., bar, bar-, bra

Irish

Alternative forms

ar (used before consonant sounds)
ar b’ (superseded)

Particle

arb (copular form used before adjective, adverb, or pronoun beginning with vowels)

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

Present/future
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	is	ní	an	nach
Direct relative clauses	is	nach
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arb^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurb^v		an	nach
Past/conditional
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Direct relative clauses	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arbh^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Present subjunctive
	Affirmative	Negative
	gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v

Compound copular forms

Base word	Present/future	Past/conditional
má	más	má ba, má b’^v
ó (“since”)	ós	ó ba, ó b’^v
dá		dá mba, dá mb’^v
mura	mura, murab^v	murar, murarbh^v
cé	cér, cérb^v	cér, cérbh^v
cá	cár, cárb^v	cár, cárbh^v
de/do	dar, darb^v	dar, darbh^v
faoi	faoinar, faoinarb^v	faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i	inar, inarb^v	inar, inarbh^v
le	lenar, lenarb^v	lenar, lenarbh^v
ó (“from”)	ónar, ónarb^v	ónar, ónarbh^v
trí	trínar, trínarb^v	trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

References

"arb" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arpa.

Noun

arb

lot, fate, destiny

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