rubin
English edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby, carbuncle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rubin (plural rubins)
- (obsolete) A ruby.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- And, when she spake,
Sweete wordes, like dropping honny, she did shed;
And twixt the perles and rubins softly brake
- 1884, Richard Francis Burton, transl., Camoens - The Lyricks, Ode XI (Naquelle tempo brando):
- The rubins red and bright
References edit
- “rubin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Crimean Tatar edit
Conjunction edit
rubin
References edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
rubin c (singular definite rubinen, plural indefinite rubiner)
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | rubin | rubinen | rubiner | rubinerne |
genitive | rubins | rubinens | rubiners | rubinernes |
References edit
Friulian edit
Noun edit
rubin m (plural rubins)
Hungarian edit
Alternative forms edit
- rubint (folksy)
Etymology edit
From German Rubin, from Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby”), from Latin ruber (“red”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rubin (plural rubinok)
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
rubiné | rubinoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
rubinéi | rubinokéi |
Possessive forms of rubin | ||
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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 |
Further reading edit
- rubin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
rubin m (definite singular rubinen, indefinite plural rubiner, definite plural rubinene)
References edit
- “rubin” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin rubinus, from rubeus.
Noun edit
rubin m (definite singular rubinen, indefinite plural rubinar, definite plural rubinane)
References edit
- “rubin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby”), from Latin rubeus (“red”).
Noun edit
rubin oblique singular, m (oblique plural rubins, nominative singular rubins, nominative plural rubin)
- ruby (gemstone)
Descendants edit
- French: rubis
- → Middle English: ruby, rebe, ribe, rube, rubee, rubie, rybe, ryby
- English: ruby
- Norman: rubis
See also edit
Piedmontese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rubin m
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rubin m inan (diminutive rubinek)
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
rubin n (plural rubine)
Declension edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin rubīnus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rùbīn m (Cyrillic spelling ру̀бӣн)
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension edit
References edit
- “rubin” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rubin c
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension edit
Declension of rubin | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rubin | rubinen | rubiner | rubinerna |
Genitive | rubins | rubinens | rubiners | rubinernas |