rabdo

See also: rabdo-

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod, wand”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈrabdo]
  • Rhymes: -abdo
  • Hyphenation: rab‧do

Noun

rabdo (accusative singular rabdon, plural rabdoj, accusative plural rabdojn)

  1. divining rod (rod used for dowsing)

Derived terms
  • rabdismo
  • rabdisto

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rapidus.

Adverb

rabdo

  1. swiftly, quickly, fast
    • Alfonso X, Estoria de España 2, (as in Corpus diacrónico del español (CORDE), showing an edition by Lloyd Kausten from 1995):
      cogiosse rabdo & tornosse pora su tierra
      'he readied himself quickly and went back to his native land'

Descendants
  • Spanish: raudo
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