rubin
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby, carbuncle”).
Noun
rubin (plural rubins)
- (obsolete) A ruby.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rubin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
rubin c (singular definite rubinen, plural indefinite rubiner)
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rubin | rubinen | rubiner | rubinerne |
| genitive | rubins | rubinens | rubiners | rubinernes |
References
- “rubin” in Den Danske Ordbog
Hungarian

Etymology
From German Rubin, from Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby”), from Latin ruber (“red”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrubin]
- Hyphenation: ru‧bin
Noun
rubin (plural rubinok)
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | rubin | rubinok |
| accusative | rubint | rubinokat |
| dative | rubinnak | rubinoknak |
| instrumental | rubinnal | rubinokkal |
| causal-final | rubinért | rubinokért |
| translative | rubinná | rubinokká |
| terminative | rubinig | rubinokig |
| essive-formal | rubinként | rubinokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | rubinban | rubinokban |
| superessive | rubinon | rubinokon |
| adessive | rubinnál | rubinoknál |
| illative | rubinba | rubinokba |
| sublative | rubinra | rubinokra |
| allative | rubinhoz | rubinokhoz |
| elative | rubinból | rubinokból |
| delative | rubinról | rubinokról |
| ablative | rubintól | rubinoktól |
| Possessive forms of rubin | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | rubinom | rubinjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | rubinod | rubinjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | rubinja | rubinjai |
| 1st person plural | rubinunk | rubinjaink |
| 2nd person plural | rubinotok | rubinjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | rubinjuk | rubinjaik |
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby”), from Latin rubeus (“red”).
Noun
rubin m (oblique plural rubins, nominative singular rubins, nominative plural rubin)
- ruby (gemstone)
Descendants
See also
Polish
Noun
rubin m inan
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin rubinus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rǔbiːn/
- Hyphenation: ru‧bin
Noun
rùbīn m (Cyrillic spelling ру̀бӣн)
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension
References
- “rubin” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
Noun
rubin c
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension
| Declension of rubin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | rubin | rubinen | rubiner | rubinerna |
| Genitive | rubins | rubinens | rubiners | rubinernas |