рубин

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rubino, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rubīnus, from Latin rubeus (“red”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [roˈbin]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification^(key): ру‧бин

Noun

руби́н • (rubín) m (relational adjective руби́нен)

1. (mineralogy) ruby

See also

nouns

• кору́нд (korúnd)

References

• “рубин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “рубин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrubin]

Noun

рубин • (rubin) m

1. ruby

Declension

Declension of рубин

	singular	plural
indefinite	рубин (rubin)	рубини (rubini)
definite unspecified	рубинот (rubinot)	рубините (rubinite)
definite proximal	рубинов (rubinov)	рубиниве (rubinive)
definite distal	рубинон (rubinon)	рубинине (rubinine)
vocative	рубину (rubinu)	рубини (rubini)
count form	—	рубина (rubina)

Russian

рубин

Etymology

Derived from Latin rubīnus < rubeus << Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (whence also ры́жий (rýžij), ру́дый (rúdyj), ру́сый (rúsyj)).

Compare typologically я́хонт (jáxont) (<< Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos), whence also гиаци́нт (giacínt)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rʊˈbʲin]

• Audio:

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Noun

руби́н • (rubín) m inan (genitive руби́на, nominative plural руби́ны, genitive plural руби́нов, relational adjective руби́новый)

1. ruby (type of gem)

Declension

Declension of руби́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	руби́н rubín	руби́ны rubíny
genitive	руби́на rubína	руби́нов rubínov
dative	руби́ну rubínu	руби́нам rubínam
accusative	руби́н rubín	руби́ны rubíny
instrumental	руби́ном rubínom	руби́нами rubínami
prepositional	руби́не rubíne	руби́нах rubínax

Related terms

• билируби́н m (bilirubín)
• ру́брика f (rúbrika)
• Руфи́н m anim (Rufín), Руфи́на f anim (Rufína)

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “рубин”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rubīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǔbiːn/
• Hyphenation: ру‧бин

Noun

ру̀бӣн m inan (Latin spelling rùbīn)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

Declension of рубин

	singular	plural
nominative	ру̀бӣн	рубини
genitive	руби́на	рубина
dative	рубину	рубинима
accusative	рубин	рубине
vocative	рубине	рубини
locative	рубину	рубинима
instrumental	рубином	рубинима

References

• “рубин”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026