rubin

See also: Rubin, rubín, rúbín, and rub in

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby, carbuncle”).

Noun

rubin (plural rubins)

  1. (obsolete) A ruby.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rubin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

rubin c (singular definite rubinen, plural indefinite rubiner)

  1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension
Declension of rubin
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rubin rubinen rubiner rubinerne
genitive rubins rubinens rubiners rubinernes

References

Hungarian
rubin

Etymology

From German Rubin, from Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby”), from Latin ruber (“red”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈrubin]
  • Hyphenation: ru‧bin

Noun

rubin (plural rubinok)

  1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rubin rubinok
accusative rubint rubinokat
dative rubinnak rubinoknak
instrumental rubinnal rubinokkal
causal-final rubinért rubinokért
translative rubinná rubinokká
terminative rubinig rubinokig
essive-formal rubinként rubinokként
essive-modal — —
inessive rubinban rubinokban
superessive rubinon rubinokon
adessive rubinnál rubinoknál
illative rubinba rubinokba
sublative rubinra rubinokra
allative rubinhoz rubinokhoz
elative rubinból rubinokból
delative rubinról rubinokról
ablative rubintól rubinoktól
Possessive forms of rubin
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rubinom rubinjaim
2nd person sing. rubinod rubinjaid
3rd person sing. rubinja rubinjai
1st person plural rubinunk rubinjaink
2nd person plural rubinotok rubinjaitok
3rd person plural rubinjuk rubinjaik

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby”), from Latin rubeus (“red”).

Noun

rubin m (oblique plural rubins, nominative singular rubins, nominative plural rubin)

  1. ruby (gemstone)

Descendants

See also

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈru.bʲin/

Noun

rubin m inan

  1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension
declension of rubin
singular plural
nominative rubin rubiny
genitive rubinu rubinów
dative rubinowi rubinom
accusative rubin rubiny
instrumental rubinem rubinami
locative rubinie rubinach
vocative rubinie rubiny

Derived terms

Further reading
  • rubin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rubinus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rǔbiːn/
  • Hyphenation: ru‧bin

Noun

rùbīn m (Cyrillic spelling ру̀бӣн)

  1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension
Declension of rubin
singular plural
nominative rùbīn rubini
genitive rubína rubina
dative rubinu rubinima
accusative rubin rubine
vocative rubine rubini
locative rubinu rubinima
instrumental rubinom rubinima

References
  • “rubin” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

rubin c

  1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension
Declension of rubin 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rubin rubinen rubiner rubinerna
Genitive rubins rubinens rubiners rubinernas
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