Rabbi in Scrabble and Meaning

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Definitions and meaning of rabbi

rabbi

English

Alternative forms

• rabbin (dated), rabboni

Etymology

From Middle English raby, from Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, and its source Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from (post-Tanakh) Hebrew רַבִּי (rabbi, “my master”), from רַב (rav, “master”) +‎ ־ִי (-í, “my”). Compare late Old English rabbi. Doublet of rebbe and related to rav.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæ.baɪ/

Noun

rabbi (plural rabbis or (archaic) rabbies or rabbanim or rabbanin or rabbonim or rabbonin)

1. A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
2. A Jew who is the leader or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.

   Hypernym: cleric
3. (law enforcement, slang) A senior officer who acts as a mentor.

Derived terms

• rabbi card

Related terms

• rav, rabbeinu, rebbe, reb, rebbetzin

Translations

Basque

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, from Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from Hebrew רַבִּי (rabbi, “my master”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rabi/ [ra.β̞i]
• Rhymes: -abi, -i

Noun

rabbi anim

1. (Judaism) rabbi

   Synonym: errabino

Declension

Further reading

• “rabbi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “rabbi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dutch

Etymology

From Late Latin rabbi, and its source Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from (post-biblical) Hebrew רבי (rabbi, “my master”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑ.bi/
• Hyphenation: rab‧bi

Noun

rabbi m (plural rabbi's, diminutive rabbietje n)

1. (Judaism) rabbi

Synonyms

• rabbijn

Descendants

• Negerhollands: rabbi

Finnish

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, from Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from Hebrew רַבִּי.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑbːi/, [ˈrɑ̝bːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑbːi
• Syllabification^(key): rab‧bi
• Hyphenation^(key): rab‧bi

Noun

rabbi

1. rabbi

Declension

Synonyms

• rabbiini

Derived terms

Further reading

• “rabbi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• barbi

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin rabbi, from Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from Hebrew רַבִּי (rabí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɒbːi]
• Hyphenation: rab‧bi
• Rhymes: -bi

Noun

rabbi (plural rabbik)

1. (Judaism) rabbi

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• rabbi in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

Noun

rabbi

1. indefinite dative singular of rabb

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin rabbī, from Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí, literally “O my Master”), from Hebrew רבי (rabbī, “rabbi”, “spiritual teacher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrab.bi/
• Rhymes: -abbi
• Hyphenation: ràb‧bi

Noun

rabbi m

1. rabbi

Related terms

• rabbino

Anagrams

• barbi, birba

Latin

Alternative forms

• R. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí, literally “O my Master”), from Biblical Hebrew רבי (rabī, “rabbi”, “spiritual teacher”), from רב (raḇ, “master”) +‎ ־י (-ī, “of mine”, “my”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrab.biː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrab.bi]

Noun

rabbī m (indeclinable)

1. (Late Latin, chiefly used as an honorific) Master, Doctor, and especially Rabbi

Related terms

• rabinus

Descendants

• → Catalan: rabí
• → Dutch: rabbi
• → Finnish: rabbi
• → German: Rabbi
• → Hungarian: rabbi
• → Irish: raibí
• → Maltese: rabbi
• → Middle English: raby, rabi, rabby
  • English: rabbi
  • Scots: rabbi
• → Welsh: rabbi
• ⇒ Late Latin: rabbinus, rabinus
  • → Albanian: rabin
  • → Asturian: rabín
  • → Belarusian: рабін (rabin)
  • → Czech: rabín
  • → Danish: rabbiner
  • → Dutch: rabbijn
  • → English: rabbin
  • → Finnish: rabbiini
  • → French: rabbin
  • → Galician: rabino
  • → Georgian: რაბინი (rabini)
  • → German: Rabbiner
  • → Italian: rabbino
    • → Bulgarian: равин (ravin)
    • → Greek: ραββίνος (ravvínos)
    • → Russian: раввин (ravvin)
      • → Azerbaijani: ravvin
      • → Crimean Tatar: ravvin
      • → Kazakh: раввин (ravvin)
      • → Kyrgyz: раввин (ravvin)
      • → Uzbek: ravvin
  • → Latvian: rabīns
  • → Lithuanian: rabinas
  • → Macedonian: рабин (rabin)
  • → Norwegian: rabbiner
  • → Polish: rabin
  • → Romanian: rabin
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: рабин

    Latin script: rabin

  • → Slovak: rabín
  • → Slovene: rabin
  • → Spanish: rabino
    • → Tagalog: rabino
  • → Swedish: rabbin
  • → Vilamovian: raobin

References

• rabbi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,309/1.

Swedish

Noun

rabbi c

1. a rabbi

   Synonym: rabbin

Usage notes

Usually followed by a rabbi's name. Compare rabbin.

Declension

References

• rabbi in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rabbi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rabbi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Welsh

Noun

rabbi m (plural rabiniaid or rabïaid, not mutable)

1. Alternative spelling of rabi

Source: wiktionary.org