rubai

See also: ruba'i

English

Alternative forms

• ruba'i, rubāʿī

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹuːˈbʌɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹuˈbaɪ/

Noun

rubai (plural rubaiyat or rubais)

1. (poetry) A quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry.

Translations

A traditional quatrain

• Finnish: ruba’i
• Lithuanian: rubajas m

Anagrams

• Aubri

Italian

Verb

rubai

1. first-person singular past historic of rubare

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr͈uvi/

Etymology 1

Verb

·rubai

1. third-person singular habitual present indicative ro-form prototonic of at·tá

Etymology 2

Verb

·rubai

1. inflection of benaid:
   1. third-person singular perfect prototonic
   2. second-person singular present subjunctive prototonic ro-form

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·rubai also ·rrubai	·rubai pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Romanian

Noun

rubai n (plural rubaie)

1. Alternative form of rubaiat

Declension

Declension of rubai

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) rubai	rubaiul	(niște) rubaie	rubaiele
genitive/dative	(unui) rubai	rubaiului	(unor) rubaie	rubaielor
vocative	rubaiule		rubaielor

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy), from أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʋbɑːˈiː]
• Hyphenation: ru‧ba‧i

Noun

rubai (definite accusative rubaiyi, plural rubailer)

1. rubai; quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	rubai
Definite accusative	rubaiyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rubai	rubailer
Definite accusative	rubaiyi	rubaileri
Dative	rubaiye	rubailere
Locative	rubaide	rubailerde
Ablative	rubaiden	rubailerden
Genitive	rubainin	rubailerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular rubaim rubailerim 2nd singular rubain rubailerin 3rd singular rubaisi rubaileri 1st plural rubaimiz rubailerimiz 2nd plural rubainiz rubaileriniz 3rd plural rubaileri rubaileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular rubaimi rubailerimi 2nd singular rubaini rubailerini 3rd singular rubaisini rubailerini 1st plural rubaimizi rubailerimizi 2nd plural rubainizi rubailerinizi 3rd plural rubailerini rubailerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular rubaime rubailerime 2nd singular rubaine rubailerine 3rd singular rubaisine rubailerine 1st plural rubaimize rubailerimize 2nd plural rubainize rubailerinize 3rd plural rubailerine rubailerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular rubaimde rubailerimde 2nd singular rubainde rubailerinde 3rd singular rubaisinde rubailerinde 1st plural rubaimizde rubailerimizde 2nd plural rubainizde rubailerinizde 3rd plural rubailerinde rubailerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular rubaimden rubailerimden 2nd singular rubainden rubailerinden 3rd singular rubaisinden rubailerinden 1st plural rubaimizden rubailerimizden 2nd plural rubainizden rubailerinizden 3rd plural rubailerinden rubailerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular rubaimin rubailerimin 2nd singular rubainin rubailerinin 3rd singular rubaisinin rubailerinin 1st plural rubaimizin rubailerimizin 2nd plural rubainizin rubailerinizin 3rd plural rubailerinin rubailerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular rubaiyim rubailerim 2nd singular rubaisin rubailersin 3rd singular rubai rubaidir rubailer rubailerdir 1st plural rubaiyiz rubaileriz 2nd plural rubaisiniz rubailersiniz 3rd plural rubailer rubailerdir