rabbi

• rabbin (dated), rabboni

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 [of]”) +‎ ־י (-i, “me”). Compare late Old English rabbi. Doublet of rebbe.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæ.baɪ/

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rabbi (plural rabbis or (archaic) rabbies)

1. A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
   • 2019, Rachel Timoner, “Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz”, in Tikkun:

     Next, R. Moskowitz brings us to the Slonimer Rebbe, a late 20th century Hasidic rabbi, who taught that the evil of Esav was that very sense of completion, the self-perception that he had no need for growth or further transformation.

2. A Jew who is 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.
   • 2006 September 17, David Mills, “Soft Eyes”, in The Wire, season 4, episode 2, spoken by Clarence Royce (Glynn Turman):

     Hoskins? He doesn't have a better rabbi in the department than that?

   • 2013 September 17, Dan Goor, Michael Schur, “Pilot”, in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero):

     If I'm ever gonna make Captain, I need a good mentor. I need my rabbi.

• rabbi card

• rav, rabbeinu, rebbe, reb, rebbetzin

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

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

rabbi anim

1. (Judaism) rabbi

   Synonym: errabino

   • 1571, Joanes Leizarraga, editor, Iesus Christ Gure Iaunaren Testamentu Berria‎, La Rochelle, Ioann 1:38:

     Eta itzuliric Ieſuſec, eta ikuſſiric hec çarreitzala, dioſte hæy, Ceren bilha çabiltzate? Eta hec erran cieçoten, Rabbi (erran nahi baita hambat nola Magiſtrua) non egoiten aiz? [Original spelling]
     Eta itzulirik Jesusek, eta ikusirik hek zarreitzala, dioste haei, Zeren bilha zabiltzate? Eta hek erran ziezoten, Rabbi (erran nahi baita hanbat nola Majistrua) non egoten haiz? [Modernized spelling]

     Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master) where dwellest thou? – KJV

• "rabbi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “rabbi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑ.bi/

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• Hyphenation: rab‧bi

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

1. (Judaism) rabbi

• rabbijn

• Negerhollands: rabbi

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

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

rabbi

1. rabbi

• rabbiini

• “rabbi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

• barbi

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

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

rabbi (plural rabbik)

1. (Judaism) rabbi

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

rabbi

1. indefinite dative singular of rabb

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

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

rabbi m

1. rabbi

• rabbino

• barbi, birba

• R. (abbreviation)

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”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈrab.biː/, [ˈräbːiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrab.bi/, [ˈräbːi]

rabbī m (indeclinable)

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

   Rabbī Mōsēs Maimōnidēs

   Rabbi Moses Maimonides

• rabinus

• → 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

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

rabbi c

1. a rabbi

   Synonym: rabbin

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

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

rabbi m (plural rabiniaid or rabïaid, not mutable)

1. Alternative spelling of rabi