rubinus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from rubeus (“red”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ruˈbiː.nus/, [rʊˈbiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ruˈbi.nus/, [ruˈbiːnus]

Noun

rubīnus m (genitive rubīnī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) carbuncle, ruby

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rubīnus	rubīnī
Genitive	rubīnī	rubīnōrum
Dative	rubīnō	rubīnīs
Accusative	rubīnum	rubīnōs
Ablative	rubīnō	rubīnīs
Vocative	rubīne	rubīnī

Descendants

Descendants

• English: rubin
• Asturian: rubín
• Galician: rubí
• Italian: rubino
• Old French: rubin, rubi
  • French: rubis
  • → Middle English: ruby, rebe, ribe, rube, rubee, rubie, rybe, ryby
    • English: ruby
  • Norman: rubis
• Spanish: rubí
• Czech: rubín
• Danish: rubin
• German: Rubin
  • → Hungarian: rubin
• Greek: ρουμπίνι (roumpíni)
• Icelandic: rúbín
• Irish: rúibín
• Macedonian: рубин (rubin)
• Piedmontese: rubin
• Polish: rubin
• Russian: руби́н (rubín)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ру̀бӣн

  Latin script: rùbīn

• Swedish: rubin

References

• rubinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)