raba

See also: Rába, raba', and Rąba

Estonian

Etymology 1

Cognate to Finnish rapa (“dirt”). Most likely from Proto-Norse *draƀa-. Compare.Swedish drav.

Noun

raba (genitive raba, partitive raba)

1. moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)

Declension

Declension of raba (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		raba	rabad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	raba
genitive			rabade
partitive		raba	rabu rabasid
illative		rappa rabasse	rabadesse rabusse
inessive		rabas	rabades rabus
elative		rabast	rabadest rabust
allative		rabale	rabadele rabule
adessive		rabal	rabadel rabul
ablative		rabalt	rabadelt rabult
translative		rabaks	rabadeks rabuks
terminative		rabani	rabadeni
essive		rabana	rabadena
abessive		rabata	rabadeta
comitative		rabaga	rabadega

Etymology 2

From Proto-Norse *draƀa-. Compare.Swedish drav.

Noun

raba (genitive raba, partitive raba)

1. sediment left over after the creation of beer or kvass

Declension

Declension of raba (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		raba	rabad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	raba
genitive			rabade
partitive		raba	rabasid
illative		rappa rabasse	rabadesse
inessive		rabas	rabades
elative		rabast	rabadest
allative		rabale	rabadele
adessive		rabal	rabadel
ablative		rabalt	rabadelt
translative		rabaks	rabadeks
terminative		rabani	rabadeni
essive		rabana	rabadena
abessive		rabata	rabadeta
comitative		rabaga	rabadega

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Indonesian

Verb

raba

1. to touch (make physical contact with)

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Italian

Alternative forms

• rabba

Etymology

From Arabic رَحْب (raḥb, “marketplace of grain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ba/, [ˈr̺äːbä]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Hyphenation: rà‧ba

Noun

raba f (plural rabe)

1. Denoting: [from 5th to 16th c.]
   1. A grain warehouse.
   2. A warehouse with a marketplace in front of it (the only allowed location for grain sale).
   3. The fee paid by merchants in order to deposit their goods in public trading posts.

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Japanese

Romanization

raba

1. Rōmaji transcription of らば
2. Rōmaji transcription of ラバ

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈrapa/

Verb

raba

1. inflection of rahpat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

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Old Irish

Verb

·raba

1. Alternative form of ·roba

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ràːba/

Noun

rába f

1. use (act of using)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	rába
gen. sing.	rábe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rába	rábi	rábe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	rábe	ráb	ráb
dative (dajȃlnik)	rábi	rábama	rábam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rábo	rábi	rábe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rábi	rábah	rábah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rábo	rábama	rábami

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Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish rapa.

Noun

raba

1. sediment
2. coffee grounds

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “гуща”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika