rubai

• ruba'i, rubāʿī

Borrowed from Arabic رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹuːˈbʌɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹuˈbaɪ/
• Rhymes: -ʌɪ

rubai (plural rubaiyat or rubais)

1. (poetry) A quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry.

• Aubri

rubai

1. first-person singular past historic of rubare

• IPA^(key): /ˈr͈uβi/, [ˈr͈uβɨ]

·rubai

1. third-person singular habitual present indicative ro-form prototonic of at·tá

·rubai

1. inflection of benaid:
   1. third-person singular perfect prototonic
   2. second-person singular present subjunctive prototonic ro-form

rubai n (plural rubaie)

1. alternative form of rubaiat

From Arabic رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy), from أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa).

• IPA^(key): [ɾʋbɑːˈiː]
• Hyphenation: ru‧ba‧i

rubai (definite accusative rubaiyi, plural rubailer)

1. (poetry) rubai; quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry