رباني

Arabic

Root
ر ب ب (r-b-b)

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of رَبّ (rabb, “lord; god”) +‎ ـَانـ (-ān-) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rab.baː.nijj/

Adjective

رَبَّانِيّ • (rabbāniyy) (feminine رَبَّانِيَّة (rabbāniyya), masculine plural رَبَّانِيُّونَ (rabbāniyyūna), feminine plural رَبَّانِيَّات (rabbāniyyāt))

1. divine

   Synonym: إِلٰهِيّ (ʔilāhiyy)

   • 10th–11th century CE, ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, الفتح الرباني والفيض الرحماني [Divine Knowledge and Inflowing]:

     وَيَأْتِي ٱلْعِلْمُ ٱلرَّبَّانِيُّ ٱلْإِلٰهِيُّ فَيَصِيرُ قَمِيصًا عَلَى قَلْبِكَ وَسِرِّكَ

     wa-yaʔtī l-ʕilmu r-rabbāniyyu l-ʔilāhiyyu fa-yaṣīru qamīṣan ʕalā qalbika wa-sirrika

     Then divine knowledge settles in, and it becomes a robe around your heart and your core.

2. (of a person) God-fearing; godly
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:79:

     مَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُؤْتِيَهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكِتَابَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ لِلنَّاسِ كُونُوا عِبَادًا لِي مِنْ دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلٰكِن كُونُوا رَبَّانِيِّينَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلْكِتَابَ وَبِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ

     mā kāna li-bašarin ʔan yuʔtiyahu l-lahu l-kitāba wa-l-ḥukma wa-n-nubuwwata ṯumma yaqūla li-n-nāsi kūnū ʕibādan lī min dūni l-lahi wa-lākin kūnū rabbāniyyīna bi-mā kuntum tuʕallimūna l-kitāba wabi-mā kuntum tadrusūna

     No man whom God gifts with scriptures, wisdom, and prophecy would say to people, "Be worshipers of me, not God," and not "Be godly, through what you have taught about the scriptures and what you have studied."

Declension

Declension of adjective رَبَّانِيّ (rabbāniyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَبَّانِي rabbānī	الرَّبَّانِي ar-rabbānī	رَبَّانِيَّة rabbāniyya	الرَّبَّانِيَّة ar-rabbāniyya
Nominative	رَبَّانِيٌّ rabbāniyyun	الرَّبَّانِيُّ ar-rabbāniyyu	رَبَّانِيَّةٌ rabbāniyyatun	الرَّبَّانِيَّةُ ar-rabbāniyyatu
Accusative	رَبَّانِيًّا rabbāniyyan	الرَّبَّانِيَّ ar-rabbāniyya	رَبَّانِيَّةً rabbāniyyatan	الرَّبَّانِيَّةَ ar-rabbāniyyata
Genitive	رَبَّانِيٍّ rabbāniyyin	الرَّبَّانِيِّ ar-rabbāniyyi	رَبَّانِيَّةٍ rabbāniyyatin	الرَّبَّانِيَّةِ ar-rabbāniyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَبَّانِيَّيْن rabbāniyyayn	الرَّبَّانِيَّيْن ar-rabbāniyyayn	رَبَّانِيَّتَيْن rabbāniyyatayn	الرَّبَّانِيَّتَيْن ar-rabbāniyyatayn
Nominative	رَبَّانِيَّانِ rabbāniyyāni	الرَّبَّانِيَّانِ ar-rabbāniyyāni	رَبَّانِيَّتَانِ rabbāniyyatāni	الرَّبَّانِيَّتَانِ ar-rabbāniyyatāni
Accusative	رَبَّانِيَّيْنِ rabbāniyyayni	الرَّبَّانِيَّيْنِ ar-rabbāniyyayni	رَبَّانِيَّتَيْنِ rabbāniyyatayni	الرَّبَّانِيَّتَيْنِ ar-rabbāniyyatayni
Genitive	رَبَّانِيَّيْنِ rabbāniyyayni	الرَّبَّانِيَّيْنِ ar-rabbāniyyayni	رَبَّانِيَّتَيْنِ rabbāniyyatayni	الرَّبَّانِيَّتَيْنِ ar-rabbāniyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَبَّانِيِّين rabbāniyyīn	الرَّبَّانِيِّين ar-rabbāniyyīn	رَبَّانِيَّات rabbāniyyāt	الرَّبَّانِيَّات ar-rabbāniyyāt
Nominative	رَبَّانِيُّونَ rabbāniyyūna	الرَّبَّانِيُّونَ ar-rabbāniyyūna	رَبَّانِيَّاتٌ rabbāniyyātun	الرَّبَّانِيَّاتُ ar-rabbāniyyātu
Accusative	رَبَّانِيِّينَ rabbāniyyīna	الرَّبَّانِيِّينَ ar-rabbāniyyīna	رَبَّانِيَّاتٍ rabbāniyyātin	الرَّبَّانِيَّاتِ ar-rabbāniyyāti
Genitive	رَبَّانِيِّينَ rabbāniyyīna	الرَّبَّانِيِّينَ ar-rabbāniyyīna	رَبَّانِيَّاتٍ rabbāniyyātin	الرَّبَّانِيَّاتِ ar-rabbāniyyāti