rabi

See also: rabí and rabî

English

Etymology

From Urdu ربيع‎ (rabī), and its source, Persian ربيع‎ (rabi'), from Arabic رَبِيع‎ (rabīʿ, “spring”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹabi/

Noun

rabi (plural rabis)

  1. (South Asia) Spring. [from 18th c.]
  2. (South Asia) The spring harvest. [from 19th c.]
    • c.1885, A.L.O.E. The Wondrous Sickle:
      ...I made out that he would be here before the rabi harvest is ripe; the corn is green enough yet, but I thought that after work I would come over here to meet him.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 120:
      The monsoon had failed at the beginning but picked up very well later, so the rabi crop would be just fine and the wars they mentioned had taken place a year and a half ago.

Anagrams

Emilian

Noun

rabi f

  1. plural of ràbia

Esperanto

Etymology

From German rauben, Polish rabować.

Verb

rabi (present rabas, past rabis, future rabos, conditional rabus, volitive rabu)

  1. (transitive) take from someone by force or threat, rob

Conjugation

Conjugation of rabi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense rabas rabis rabos
active participle rabanta rabantaj rabinta rabintaj rabonta rabontaj
acc. rabantan rabantajn rabintan rabintajn rabontan rabontajn
passive participle rabata rabataj rabita rabitaj rabota rabotaj
acc. rabatan rabatajn rabitan rabitajn rabotan rabotajn
nominal active participle rabanto rabantoj rabinto rabintoj rabonto rabontoj
acc. rabanton rabantojn rabinton rabintojn rabonton rabontojn
nominal passive participle rabato rabatoj rabito rabitoj raboto rabotoj
acc. rabaton rabatojn rabiton rabitojn raboton rabotojn
adverbial active participle rabante rabinte rabonte
adverbial passive participle rabate rabite rabote
infinitive rabi imperative rabu conditional rabus

Derived terms

  • rabaĵo (“something acquired by robbery”)
  • rabinto (“robber (one who has committed a robbery)”)
  • rabisto (“robber (one who makes a living by robbery)”)
  • rabo (“a robbery”)

Estonian

Noun

rabi (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. rabbi (Jewish teacher or leader of a congregation)
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