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rabi

rabi

See also: rabí and rabî

English

Noun

rabi (plural rabis)

  1. (South Asia) Spring. [from 18th c.]
  2. (South Asia) The spring harvest. [from 19th c.]
    • c.1885, A.L.O.E. The Wondrous Sickle:
      ...I made out that he would be here before the rabi harvest is ripe; the corn is green enough yet, but I thought that after work I would come over here to meet him.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 120:
      The monsoon had failed at the beginning but picked up very well later, so the rabi crop would be just fine and the wars they mentioned had taken place a year and a half ago.

Emilian

Noun

rabi f

  1. plural of ràbia

Esperanto

Etymology

From German rauben, Polish rabować.

Verb

rabi (present rabas, past rabis, future rabos, conditional rabus, volitive rabu)

  1. (transitive) take from someone by force or threat, rob

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • rabaĵo (something acquired by robbery)
  • rabinto (robber (one who has committed a robbery))
  • rabisto (robber (one who makes a living by robbery))
  • rabo (a robbery)

Estonian

Noun

rabi (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. rabbi (Jewish teacher or leader of a congregation)