rabba

See also: rabbá

Hungarian

Etymology

rab +‎ -ba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɒbːɒ]
• Hyphenation: rab‧ba

Noun

rabba

1. illative singular of rab

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrapːa/
• Rhymes: -apːa

Verb

rabba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rabbaði, supine rabbað)

1. (intransitive) to chat, to make small talk

   Synonym: masa

Conjugation

rabba — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að rabba
supine (sagnbót)		rabbað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		rabbandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég rabba	við röbbum	present (nútíð)	ég rabbi	við röbbum
	þú rabbar	þið rabbið		þú rabbir	þið rabbið
	hann, hún, það rabbar	þeir, þær, þau rabba		hann, hún, það rabbi	þeir, þær, þau rabbi
past (þátíð)	ég rabbaði	við röbbuðum	past (þátíð)	ég rabbaði	við röbbuðum
	þú rabbaðir	þið röbbuðuð		þú rabbaðir	þið röbbuðuð
	hann, hún, það rabbaði	þeir, þær, þau röbbuðu		hann, hún, það rabbaði	þeir, þær, þau röbbuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	rabba (þú)	rabbið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	rabbaðu	rabbiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Related terms

• rabb (“chit-chat, small talk”)

Maltese

Root
r-b-j
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَبَّى (rabbā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrab.ba/
• Homophone: rabba’ (except archaically)

Verb

rabba (imperfect jrabbi, past participle mrobbi, verbal noun trobbija)

1. to bring up, rear, raise, educate (a child)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rabba
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rabbejt	rabbejt	rabba		rabbejna	rabbejtu	rabbew
	f			rabbiet
imperfect	m	nrabbi	trabbi	jrabbi		nrabbu	trabbu	jrabbu
	f			trabbi
imperative			rabbi				rabbu

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

rabba (singular past indicative rabbaði, plural past indicative rabbaðu, past participle rabbaðr)

1. to mumble

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

• “rabba”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

Likely an alteration of the second element of kålrabbi, from German Kohlrabi, from Italian cavolo rapa, doublet of rova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²raba/

Noun

rabba c

1. (Scania) rutabaga, swede

Declension

Declension of rabba
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rabba	rabban	rabbor	rabborna
Genitive	rabbas	rabbans	rabbors	rabbornas

Synonyms

• kålrot (standard Swedish)

Derived terms

• rabbemos

References

• Rotabagge, rabba och stönja. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 1 November 2017.
• rabba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)