# rabbi
## English
### Alternative forms

* rabbin (dated), rabboni

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈɹæ.baɪ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

rabbi (plural rabbis or (archaic) rabbies or rabbanim or rabbanin or rabbonim or rabbonin)
* 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.
* A Jew who is the leader or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
    Hypernym: cleric
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* rabbi card

#### Related terms

* rav, rabbeinu, rebbe, reb, rebbetzin

#### Translations
## Basque
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rabi/ [ra.β̞i]
* Rhymes: -abi, -i

### Noun

rabbi anim
* (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?[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?]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

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “rabbi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “rabbi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɑ.bi/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: rab‧bi

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* rabbijn

#### Descendants

* Negerhollands: rabbi

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɑbːi/, [ˈrɑ̝bːi]
* Rhymes: -ɑbːi
* Hyphenation: rab‧bi

### Noun

rabbi
* rabbi

#### Declension

Possessive forms of rabbi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rabbini
rabbini
accusative
nom.
rabbini
rabbini
gen.
rabbini
genitive
rabbini
rabbieni
partitive
rabbiani
rabbejani
inessive
rabbissani
rabbeissani
elative
rabbistani
rabbeistani
illative
rabbiini
rabbeihini
adessive
rabbillani
rabbeillani
ablative
rabbiltani
rabbeiltani
allative
rabbilleni
rabbeilleni
essive
rabbinani
rabbeinani
translative
rabbikseni
rabbeikseni
abessive
rabbittani
rabbeittani
instructive
comitative
—rabbeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rabbisi
rabbisi
accusative
nom.
rabbisi
rabbisi
gen.
rabbisi
genitive
rabbisi
rabbiesi
partitive
rabbiasi
rabbejasi
inessive
rabbissasi
rabbeissasi
elative
rabbistasi
rabbeistasi
illative
rabbiisi
rabbeihisi
adessive
rabbillasi
rabbeillasi
ablative
rabbiltasi
rabbeiltasi
allative
rabbillesi
rabbeillesi
essive
rabbinasi
rabbeinasi
translative
rabbiksesi
rabbeiksesi
abessive
rabbittasi
rabbeittasi
instructive
comitative
—rabbeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rabbimme
rabbimme
accusative
nom.
rabbimme
rabbimme
gen.
rabbimme
genitive
rabbimme
rabbiemme
partitive
rabbiamme
rabbejamme
inessive
rabbissamme
rabbeissamme
elative
rabbistamme
rabbeistamme
illative
rabbiimme
rabbeihimme
adessive
rabbillamme
rabbeillamme
ablative
rabbiltamme
rabbeiltamme
allative
rabbillemme
rabbeillemme
essive
rabbinamme
rabbeinamme
translative
rabbiksemme
rabbeiksemme
abessive
rabbittamme
rabbeittamme
instructive
comitative
—rabbeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rabbinne
rabbinne
accusative
nom.
rabbinne
rabbinne
gen.
rabbinne
genitive
rabbinne
rabbienne
partitive
rabbianne
rabbejanne
inessive
rabbissanne
rabbeissanne
elative
rabbistanne
rabbeistanne
illative
rabbiinne
rabbeihinne
adessive
rabbillanne
rabbeillanne
ablative
rabbiltanne
rabbeiltanne
allative
rabbillenne
rabbeillenne
essive
rabbinanne
rabbeinanne
translative
rabbiksenne
rabbeiksenne
abessive
rabbittanne
rabbeittanne
instructive
comitative
—rabbeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rabbinsa
rabbinsa
accusative
nom.
rabbinsa
rabbinsa
gen.
rabbinsa
genitive
rabbinsa
rabbiensa
partitive
rabbiaan rabbiansa
rabbejaan rabbejansa
inessive
rabbissaan rabbissansa
rabbeissaan rabbeissansa
elative
rabbistaan rabbistansa
rabbeistaan rabbeistansa
illative
rabbiinsa
rabbeihinsa
adessive
rabbillaan rabbillansa
rabbeillaan rabbeillansa
ablative
rabbiltaan rabbiltansa
rabbeiltaan rabbeiltansa
allative
rabbilleen rabbillensa
rabbeilleen rabbeillensa
essive
rabbinaan rabbinansa
rabbeinaan rabbeinansa
translative
rabbikseen rabbiksensa
rabbeikseen rabbeiksensa
abessive
rabbittaan rabbittansa
rabbeittaan rabbeittansa
instructive
comitative
—rabbeineen rabbeinensa :

#### Synonyms

* rabbiini

#### Derived terms

* muurarirabbi

### Further reading

* “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

### Anagrams

* barbi

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɒbːi]
* Hyphenation: rab‧bi
* Rhymes: -bi

### Noun

rabbi (plural rabbik)
* (Judaism) rabbi

#### Derived terms

* főrabbi
* rabbiság

### Further reading

* 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

## Icelandic
### Noun

rabbi
* indefinite dative singular of rabb

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrab.bi/
* Rhymes: -abbi
* Hyphenation: ràb‧bi

### Noun

rabbi m
* rabbi

#### Related terms

* rabbino

### Anagrams

* barbi, birba

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* R. (abbreviation)

### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈrab.biː/, [ˈräbːiː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈrab.bi/, [ˈräbːi]

### Noun

rabbī m (indeclinable)
* (Late Latin, chiefly used as an honorific) Master, Doctor, and especially Rabbi
    Rabbī Mōsēs MaimōnidēsRabbi Moses Maimonides

#### Related terms

* rabinus

#### Descendants

* → 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

### References

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

## Swedish
### Noun

rabbi c
* a rabbi
    Synonym: rabbin

#### Usage notes

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

#### Declension
### References

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

## Welsh
### Noun

rabbi m (plural rabiniaid or rabïaid, not mutable)
* Alternative spelling of rabi