"רבי" meaning in Yiddish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʁɛbə/ Forms: רבי [canonical, masculine], plural רביס [canonical], רביים [canonical], accusative and dative רבין [canonical], rebe [romanization], rebes [romanization], rabeyem [romanization], rebn [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew and Aramaic רבי (“rabbi, spiritual teacher”). Etymology templates: {{root|yi|he|ר־ב־ה}}, {{bor|yi|he|-}} Hebrew, {{bor|yi|arc|רבי|t=rabbi, spiritual teacher}} Aramaic רבי (“rabbi, spiritual teacher”) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=rebe}} רבי • (rebe) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=s|pl2=רביים|pl2tr=rabeyem|tr=rebe}} רבי • (rebe) m, plural רביס (rebes) or רביים (rabeyem)
  1. (historical or Hasidic) rabbi Derived forms: רביצין (rebetsin), רביניו (rebenyu) Related terms: רב (reb), ר׳ (r'), הרבֿ (horav), ראַבינער (rabiner), רבֿ (rov)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "rebbe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "rebe",
      "word": "ребе"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "rebe",
      "word": "ребе"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "ר־ב־ה"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "arc",
        "3": "רבי",
        "t": "rabbi, spiritual teacher"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic רבי (“rabbi, spiritual teacher”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew and Aramaic רבי (“rabbi, spiritual teacher”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "רבי",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plural רביס",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רביים",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "accusative and dative רבין",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rebe",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rebes",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rabeyem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rebn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "rebe"
      },
      "expansion": "רבי • (rebe) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "s",
        "pl2": "רביים",
        "pl2tr": "rabeyem",
        "tr": "rebe"
      },
      "expansion": "רבי • (rebe) m, plural רביס (rebes) or רביים (rabeyem)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hasidic Yiddish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Judaism",
          "orig": "yi:Judaism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "rebetsin",
          "word": "רביצין"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rebenyu",
          "word": "רביניו"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "One man loves the rabbi and the other one loves the rebbetzin.",
          "roman": "eyner hot lib dem rebn un der anderer di rebetsin.",
          "text": "איינער האָט ליב דעם רבין און דער אַנדערער די רביצין.",
          "translation": "One man loves the rabbi and the other one loves the rebbetzin.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rabbi"
      ],
      "id": "en-רבי-yi-noun-rIeQNWbW",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hasidic",
          "Hasidic"
        ],
        [
          "rabbi",
          "rabbi"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "historical or Hasidic",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical or Hasidic) rabbi"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "reb",
          "word": "רב"
        },
        {
          "roman": "r'",
          "word": "ר׳"
        },
        {
          "roman": "horav",
          "word": "הרבֿ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rabiner",
          "word": "ראַבינער"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rov",
          "word": "רבֿ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʁɛbə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "רבי"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "rebetsin",
      "word": "רביצין"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rebenyu",
      "word": "רביניו"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "rebbe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "rebe",
      "word": "ребе"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "rebe",
      "word": "ребе"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "ר־ב־ה"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "arc",
        "3": "רבי",
        "t": "rabbi, spiritual teacher"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic רבי (“rabbi, spiritual teacher”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Hebrew and Aramaic רבי (“rabbi, spiritual teacher”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "רבי",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plural רביס",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רביים",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "accusative and dative רבין",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rebe",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rebes",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rabeyem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rebn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "rebe"
      },
      "expansion": "רבי • (rebe) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "s",
        "pl2": "רביים",
        "pl2tr": "rabeyem",
        "tr": "rebe"
      },
      "expansion": "רבי • (rebe) m, plural רביס (rebes) or רביים (rabeyem)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "reb",
      "word": "רב"
    },
    {
      "roman": "r'",
      "word": "ר׳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "horav",
      "word": "הרבֿ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rabiner",
      "word": "ראַבינער"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rov",
      "word": "רבֿ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hasidic Yiddish",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish masculine nouns",
        "Yiddish nouns",
        "Yiddish terms borrowed from Aramaic",
        "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Aramaic",
        "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
        "Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root ר־ב־ה",
        "Yiddish terms with historical senses",
        "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Yiddish terms with usage examples",
        "yi:Judaism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "One man loves the rabbi and the other one loves the rebbetzin.",
          "roman": "eyner hot lib dem rebn un der anderer di rebetsin.",
          "text": "איינער האָט ליב דעם רבין און דער אַנדערער די רביצין.",
          "translation": "One man loves the rabbi and the other one loves the rebbetzin.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rabbi"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hasidic",
          "Hasidic"
        ],
        [
          "rabbi",
          "rabbi"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "historical or Hasidic",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical or Hasidic) rabbi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʁɛbə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "רבי"
}

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