רבי

Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ribi/

Noun

רִבִּי • (ribbī) m (plural רבנא)

1. rabbi, spiritual teacher
2. master

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: ῥαββί (rhabbí) (see there for further descendants)

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Hebrew

Etymology

רַב (ráv, “master”) +‎ ־י (-i, “my”)

Noun

רַבִּי • (rabí) m

1. rabbi, spiritual teacher

Descendants

• → Arabic: رَابِي (rābī)

  Tunisian Arabic: ربّي (rǝbbi)

• → Armenian: րաբբի (rabbi)
• → Chinese: 拉比 (lābǐ)
• → Hindi: रबी (rabī)
• → Japanese: ラビ (rabi)
• → Korean: 랍비 (rapbi)
• → Persian: ربی (rabi)
• → Urdu: ربی (rabī)
• → Yiddish: רבי (rbi)
  • → English: rebbe
  • → Russian: ребе (rebe)
  • → Ukrainian: ребе (rebe)

See also

• ר׳
• רב

Anagrams

• ריב

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew and Aramaic רבי (“rabbi, spiritual teacher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛbə/

Noun

רבי • (rebe) m, plural רביס (rebes) or רביים (rabeyem), accusative and dative רבין (rebn)

1. (historical or Hasidic) rabbi

   איינער האָט ליב דעם רבין און דער אַנדערער די רביצין.

   eyner hot lib dem rebn un der anderer di rebetsin.

   One man loves the rabbi and the other one loves the rebbetzin.

Usage notes

• This is one of the few Yiddish nouns that declines. The accusative and dative are both רבין (rebn).

Derived terms

• רביצין (rebetsin)
• רביניו (rebenyu)

Descendants

• → English: rebbe
• → Russian: ребе (rebe)
• → Ukrainian: ребе (rebe)

See also

• רב (reb), ר׳ (r')
• הרבֿ (horav)
• ראַבינער (rabiner)
• רבֿ (rov)