rubia
See also: Rubia
Galician edit
Verb edit
rubia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Short for Latin rubia herba. rubia is derived from ruber (“red”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈru.bi.a/, [ˈrʊbiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈru.bi.a/, [ˈruːbiä]
Noun edit
rubia f (genitive rubiae); first declension
- A red dye, madder.
- c. 77-79 AD, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 19.17
- in primis rubia, tinguendis lanis et coriis necessaria
- The first of these is madder, the employment of which is necessary in dyeing wool and leather.
- c. 77-79 AD, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 19.17
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rubia | rubiae |
Genitive | rubiae | rubiārum |
Dative | rubiae | rubiīs |
Accusative | rubiam | rubiās |
Ablative | rubiā | rubiīs |
Vocative | rubia | rubiae |
Synonyms edit
- (madder): alysson
Descendants edit
References edit
- “rubia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rubia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rubia f (plural rubias)
- female equivalent of rubio (“blonde”)
Adjective edit
rubia f
Further reading edit
- “rubia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014