rubia

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Galician

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Verb

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rubia

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of rubir

Latin

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Etymology

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Short for Latin rubia herba. rubia is derived from ruber (red).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rubia f (genitive rubiae); first declension

  1. 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.

Declension

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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

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Descendants

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  • Italian: robbia
  • Portuguese: ruiva
  • Romanian: roibă
  • Spanish: rubia
  • Translingual: Rubia

References

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  • 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.
  1. ^ “robbia” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrubja/ [ˈru.β̞ja]
  • Rhymes: -ubja
  • Syllabification: ru‧bia

Noun

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rubia f (plural rubias)

  1. female equivalent of rubio (blonde)

Adjective

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rubia f

  1. feminine singular of rubio

Further reading

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